We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the great classic baseball card sets, 1988 Topps. We're going through all 792 cards one by one, posting bits about what makes the card awesome and cool stats about the player or team featured on the card. We're also posting the 1988 Topps Traded set!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
#335 Claudell Washington
Why this card is awesome: Because of pretty great consistency. He may not have been the greatest player, but he had very consistent BA and SLG for a lot of years up to 1987.
Claudell was consistently good and a great athlete. I've always thought of he and Ken Griffey, Sr. as being pretty comparable players (except Claudell doesn't have a HOF son).
If I'm not mistaken, Claudell Washington was the last Yankee to steal Home. And it was versus Clemens and his historic battery-mate Rich Gedman.
ReplyDeleteClaudell was consistently good and a great athlete. I've always thought of he and Ken Griffey, Sr. as being pretty comparable players (except Claudell doesn't have a HOF son).
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