#34 - Gary Carter
His hobbies included golf and hunting. Why didn't they mention card collecting. When did he start doing that?
He led the team in RBIs - not a good year for the Expos when you check out his RBI total.
He's a "hustler of the Pete Rose type". I agree with that one. That's why I didn't like him or Rose - they just wanted to win.
Nice that his first two hits were against Jon Matlack and Tom Seaver and his first homer was against Steve Carlton.
Not on the card - he had more career ABs against Carlton than anyone else. He also hit 11 homers against him, more than he hit against any pitcher. Ditto for his 23 RBIs, 8 doubles and 34 hits.
Not on the card - he ended up 6-for-18 (.333) against Matlack but he batted only .188 against Tom Seaver.
#35 - Rick Wise
That was a great comeback from injury. He only pitched 49 innings in 1974 due to injury and in 1975 he won 19 games.
He had a no-hitter in 1971 for the Phillies. His trade prompted two 1972 Topps cards that surprised all of us - his card and Carlton's were both stamped with "Traded" on the front when they were traded for each other.
Not on the card - I was surprised to find out that he won 188 games in his career.
#36 - Johnny Bench
Can Steve Carlton be involved with three cards in a row? No, but Bench's homer in the World Series off of Rick Wise is mentioned. They put them next to each other in this set.
Bench listed singing as a hobby. I remember him from commercials, but not much singing.
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