1976 Hostess #74 - Pete Broberg

• This is a pretty rough run. Pete Broberg's 1975 season was pretty good, especially for a poor ballclub.
• In late May first baseman George Scott was not happy with comments that Pete made about his fielding and said that he would prefer not to play behind Broberg in his next start
• After starting the season 1-5 with a 4.15 ERA Pete was moved to the bullpen for a couple of weeks in June.
• Broberg made two more starts in July and then was a reliever for the rest of the season
• Pete ended up with a 1-7 record and had a 4.97 ERA in 1976
• After the 1976 season Broberg was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the expansion draft
• Pete was traded to the Chicago Cubs early in the 1977 season and spent some time in the minors before coming back up in July.
• Broberg finished his career with the Oakland A's in 1978
• Before peak, peak, or after peak? after peak

1976 Topps #39 - Pete Broberg

Pete Broberg compiled a 41-71 (.366 pct) lifetime record with a 4.62 ERA for four teams. Pete started with the Senators/Rangers and pitched there from 1971-1973. He spent 1974 in the minors and then was traded to Milwaukee. His best year was in 1975 when he went 14-16 with a 4.13 ERA for the Brewers. He dropped to 1-7, 4.97 in 1976 and then was selected by the Mariners in the expansion draft. He was traded to the Cubs and went 1-2, 4.75 as a reliever. He was then traded to the A's in 1978 where he went 10-12, 4.62.

In 1979, Broberg signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who gave him a choice of going to Triple-A or being released. "I went home," Broberg said. "They still had to pay me, and the Dodgers paid my way through law school." Broberg went on to be a lawyer and now owns his own firm in West Palm Beach." (link here)