1977 jerry royster

o-pee-chee removed the rookie cup from jerry royster's 1977 card, and they also cropped the photo differently than topps and moved his facsimile autograph around.  here is royster's 1977 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

looks like i could use an upgrade.  whoever owned this card before me might have been an o-pee-chee sympathizer because it looks like they tried to scratch out the rookie cup themselves.

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

jerry royster royster suffered a sophomore slump of sorts in 1977, even though it was his fifth big league season.  it was only his second year of essentially full-time play, however, and he split his time between third base, shortstop, and second base, with a pinch of outfield thrown in for good measure.  in 140 games, royster hit .216 with 6 homers and 28 rbi.  he also scored 64 times and stole 10 bases.

voici à vous, 1977 jerry royster!

1987 jerry royster

former dodger farmhand jerry royster signed a free agent deal with the white sox in january of 1987.  here is his 1987 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

royster appeared in 55 games for the pale hose before he was traded to the yankees to finish out the 1987 season.  in those 55 games, however, he was able to establish his career high with 7 home runs. as a yankee, royster hit .357 in 18 games while playing third, short, second, and left field.  just before the start of the 1988 season, he was released by new york and later signed with atlanta, where he had spent the bulk of his career.

voici à vous, 1987 jerry royster!