03 - Reggie Smith
Reggie's hobby is working with plastics. Maybe he should have worked on some of these 1975s so they wouldn't have cracked.
His first year in St. Louis went well. He had 100 RBIs for the first time and he hit over .300 again.
Not on the card - he played eight more years and moved his career average up to .287.
02 - Ross Grimsley
Orioles Manager Earl Weaver is quoted on the back of the card. Grimsley's father pitched for the White Sox in 1951.
Not on the card - dad pitched in seven games that year. Son pitched in 345 career games.
He was 2-1 in the World Series for the Reds.
Not on the card - he had only played one year with Baltimore, but a trade from the Reds isn't mentioned. The Reds got Junior Kennedy and Merv Rettenmund.
01 - Roy White
This is a great card back. It mentions that the Yankees played their home games in Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, in 1974. The card mentions that White prefers to play in left field, "even over being a Designated Hitter".
Not on the card - White ended up playing all 15 of his seasons with the Yankees.
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