GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1973 CHUCK TAYLOR

I recently gave former pitcher Chuck Taylor a "do-over" for his 1974 Topps card, which originally had him airbrushed into a Montreal Expos uni after coming over from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Well today we backtrack a season and do the very same for him, as his original 1973 card had him airbrushed into a Milwaukee uniform:

 

It's funny because Taylor actually finished the 1972 season with five games as a Brewer, the only games he'd appear in for the franchise before moving North of the border with the Expos.

Yet for whatever reason Topps didn't get him photographed with his new team before the production of the 1973 cards (??).

Nevertheless, here you go, with a nice shot of him as a Milwaukee Brewer that, believe it or not, TOPPS took!

Taylor went over to Montreal after a split season in 1972 when he suited up for both the New York Mets and Milwaukee.

In his first year with the Expos, he appeared in eight games, going 2-0 with a very nice 1.77 earned run average over 20.1 innings of work out of the bullpen.

He had a decent run as a reliever the last three years of his career after coming up with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1969 as a starter.
He would end up at 28-20 with an impressive 3.07 ERA over 607 innings and 305 appearances, all but 21 in relief.

GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1974 CHUCK TAYLOR

For the fun of it today on the blog, we'll go and give former pitcher Chuck Taylor a "do-over" on his 1974 Topps card:

For those that don't remember the original, here you go:

 

Taylor actually spent all of the 1973 season with Montreal, but Topps being Topps at that time, it seems they didn't have an image of him in the correct uni for his card, so they airbrushed him into an Expos cap while touching up his collar.

Taylor came over to Montreal after a split season in 1972 when he suited up for both the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers.

In his first year with the Expos, he appeared in eight games, going 2-0 with a very nice 1.77 earned run average over 20.1 innings of work out of the bullpen.

He had a decent run as a reliever the last three years of his career after coming up with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1969 as a starter.
After spending three seasons in St. Louis, he split that year between New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers in 1972 before moving North of the border, pitching the last four years for the Expos.
He would end up at 28-20 with an impressive 3.07 ERA over 607 innings and 305 appearances, all but 21 in relief.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 CHUCK TAYLOR

Here’s another player I’ve created a previous “missing” card for, Montreal Expos pitcher Chuck Taylor, who I earlier created a 1976 card for, and today a 1977 slab:

Taylor closed out a nice eight-year career in 1976, posting a 2-3 record with a 4.50 earned run average over 31 games and 40 innings pitched, all out of the bullpen.
He had a decent run as a reliever the last three years of his career after coming up with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1969 as a starter.
After spending three seasons in St. Louis, he split a year between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers in 1972 before moving North of the border, pitching the last four years for the Expos.
He would end up at 28-20 with an impressive 3.07 ERA over 607 innings and 305 appearances, all but 21 in relief.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 CARL TAYLOR: "1976 PROJECT"

Next up on the 1976 "Project" is former pitcher Chuck Taylor, he of the Montreal Expos bullpen collection between 1973 and 1976:

You can make a nice argument for Taylor to have had a card in the 1976 set, as he posted 54 game appearances with 74 innings of work. 

He also fashioned a 2-2 record with six saves and a 3.53 earned run average and 29 strikeouts while finishing 28 of those 54 games.

While putting together an eight-year career, Taylor pitched for the Cardinals, Mets, Brewers and Expos, appearing in a total of 305 games with 607 innings of work.

His final MLB record was 28-20, with 31 saves and a nifty 3.07 ERA.

He did start 21 games early on in his career, all for the Cardinals, and even had two shutouts among his wins.

The 1976 season would end up being his last, posting a 2-3 record with a 4.50 ERA over 31 games and 40 innings before "closing the books" at the age of 34.