#33 - Greg Luzinski
What a great year he had. Third in HRs and second in RBIs. The Illinois native was a top prospect. He homered off of Jim Palmer in the All-Star game at Yankee stadium.
Not on the card - he played football as a kid. His alma mater is playing my school this week in the state football playoffs.
Not on the card - he had only one regular season homer against Palmer since "The Bull" only played in the AL for four years.
Not on the card - he led the league on year by striking out 140 times. With 140 K's he'd have ranked 41st this year.
#32 - Eric Soderholm
Another bowler. I know he likes golf because my son caddied for him. I didn't remember him missing an entire year due to knee surgery.
Since he was injured in 1976 he wasn't a desirable choice in the re-entry draft. That allowed the White Sox to sign him without a lot of competition.
FYI on the Re-Entry draft - this draft was created after the 1976 season. Check out what baseball-reference.com mentioned about it - Re-Entry Draft
#31 - Garry Templeton
Singer Gary Lewis, the son of comedian Jerry Lewis? No, this just happens to have the middle name of Lewis, so he's Garry Lewis Templeton.
Garry had a great start to his career, becoming the youngest shortstop to get 200 hits. 18 triples is a lot.
Not on the card - since 1978 only 11 players have exceeded 18 triples. One of them was Templeton who got 19 a few years later.
Kellogg's expected Garry to become a longball threat even though he had eight homers in 1977.
Not on the card - his season high in homers was nine.
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