Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Man, Steve Carlton was great. I mean, he is in the Hall of Fame, so of course, he is. But man! Look at this: 329 career wins During his peak–from 1967 to 1984–he averaged 262 innings a 17 wins a season. 262 innings! He won 20-games six times, including a[…]
If we just avoid the issue of PEDS, Jason Giambi was a great player. He spent 20-seasons in the big leagues and retired with 440 HR and 139 OPS+. While he didn’t have a Hall of Fame career even before the specter of PEDS hung over his career, he was[…]
I was able to get pitcher David Peterson‘s autograph back in 2015 when he was visiting Hawaii with the Oregon Ducks. That weekend he would make his first NCAA start, pitching 6.0 innings and striking out eight. Peterson was drafted by the New York Mets with the 20th overall pick[…]
In 2007 Perez was the left-handed battery mate to right-hander Rafael Betancourt, who together made one of the most impressive bullpen duos in the game and a big reason that the Tribe won 96-games and nearly went to the World Series.
It would take a couple of seasons, but Westbrook would develop into a very solid starting pitcher. Over nine seasons with the Tribe, Westbrook went 69-69 with a 4.29 ERA/1.374 WHIP/101 ERA+.