1979 rico carty

rico carty's contract was purchased by the blue jays in october of 1978, a mere two months after they had traded him to oakland.  here's his 1979 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

two things of note here - first, the blue jays are referred to as 'b jays' on the back.  nice.  not too kid friendly.  second, this is the first time that we have seen 'waivers' in a text variation.  back to the subject at hand.  when we last saw carty, he was in cleveland after being drafted by the blue jays in the expansion draft and then traded back to the indians.  in 1978, he the indians traded him back to toronto, who then sent him to oakland later in the season.  all that moving around agreed with him, apparently, as he hit a career high 31 home runs and drove in 99.  for toronto in 1979, he hit only 12 home runs and was released by the blue jays just before the start of the 1980 season.

voici à vous, 1979 rico carty!

1977 rico carty

in november of 1976, rico carty was selected by the blue jays from the indians in the expansion draft.  however, o-pee-chee didn't airbrush him out of his cleveland duds.  here is his 1977 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

now the reason o-pee-chee left him as an indian and didn't go with topps' altered photo and really bad shadowing is that in december of 1976, the blue jays sent carty back to the indians in exchange for rick cerone and john lowenstein.

carty had a solid year for the indians in 1977, just as he had in his previous 2-plus years with the club.  he hit .280 with 15 home runs and 80 rbi.  toronto must have been keeping track, because they once again acquired carty from the indians just prior to the 1978 season.  of course, they didn't keep him for long, sending him to oakland in august of 1978.  don't worry, though.  the blue jays would get carty back one more time which we will discuss in a couple of days.

voici à vous, 1977 rico carty!