Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:14 pm
Roger Freed, Reggie Williams and Homer Bush all have great cards, but don't forget about the 1998 Craig Wilson card, which is arguably the best card against LHPs I've ever seen (yes better than '94 Bagwell!) and pretty darn good against RHPs as well. Check it out with the SOM card viewer. Not that it matters a whole lot, but Wilson had 8 more plate appearances than Reggie Williams and a higher batting average, OBP, SLG, OPS and OPS+ than Williams.
G - PA -AB - R - H -2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB - BA - OBP - - SLG - OPS - - OPS+
13 -53 -47 -14 -22 -5 - 0 - 3 - 10 -1 -0 - 3 -.468 .490 - .766 - 1.256 - 225
While you're checking out Craig Wilson on the card viewer, check out 1967 Cisco Carlos. It's one of the best pitching cards I've ever seen, and he would be right up there with Pedro Martinez, Babe Adams, Ferdie Schupp and Guy Hecker among the best 5th day starters:
W - L - ERA - G -GS GF CG SHO SV - IP - - H - R ER HR BB SO HBP - WHIP -- H9 - HR9 - BB9 SO9 - SO/W
2 - 0 -- 0.86 -8 - 7 - 1 - 1 -- 1 -- 0 - 41.2--23--5--4 - 0 - 9 - 0 - 1 -- 0.768 - 5.0 -- 0.0 - 1.9 - 5.8 - 3.00
Lastly, check out the 1979 Oscar Gamble card. Unlike the other cards in this post, it was based on more than a handful of games, as Gamble had 321 plate appearances. Gamble even hit lefties well that year!
G - - PA -- AB - R - H -2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB - BA--OBP -- SLG -- OPS - - OPS+
100--327--274 48--98 10--1--19-64 - 2 - 1 50 .358 .456 - .609 - 1.065 - 188