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Friday, November 29, 2019

1980 Kellogg's Baseball Card Backs - #55 Joaquin Andujar







I didn't remember that he was used in relief during 1979.  I checked online and found that he had 305 career starts and 100 relief appearances. 

The card mentions his inside-the-park homer that won him a game.  He had five career homers.

It is noted that the Astros didn't hit well when he was pitching in 1979.  They finished 89-73 and surpassed their previous highest number of wins (84).  But they sure didn't hit.  Jose Cruz was the team leader in homers (9) and RBIs (72).  Yes that is NINE, I didn't omit a digit.

Can anyone find a team since the Deadball Era to have their team leader hit less than 10 homers in a year?  I assume that even in the strike years that didn't happen. 

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