1980 Kellogg's Baseball Card Backs - #59 Bruce Bochte

It's great to be reading the card backs again as I half watch golf and NASCAR.  I haven't followed NASCAR much since my son was last interested about ten years ago, but the last few laps are always fun to watch.  I found out that the golf won't conclude due to darkness so I lost some interest in it.

Did Kellogg's have a card for each team in 1980?   Yes.  Was Bochte the best choice for the Mariners?   He was an all-star in 1979, he had 100 RBIs and he batted .316.  Okay, that's a nice season.  Willie Horton had just as good of a season (or a better one), but he was also wrapping up his career.  The team was 67-95 so there weren't lots of good pitching records on the team either.

Bruce's hobby is listed as tropical fish.  Did he tell that to teammates?

He had an RBI in the All-Star Game in 1979.

The Angels traded him to Cleveland and he was signed by Seattle as a free agent.  No players involved in the trade ever got a Kellogg's card.

He hit 100 career homers.  I confused him with Bruce Bochy.  Bochte played 1B and the outfield from 1974 - 1986 in the AL.  Bochy played catcher from 1978 - 1987 in the NL.  Bochy didn't get a Kellogg's card.