1981 Topps Pete LaCock

Finally on to the player cards. These posts will have sections about the player in addition to the front and back of the card.

The front: Hanging out at the batting cage. The red seats make me think this might be Milwaukee? Anyone know who the hatless Royal is behind him?

 

The back: They don’t mention that LaCock made the last out of that ALCS, with the tying run on second base.

The player: This is LaCock’s “final tribute card”. He played in Japan in 1981 but this was the end of his big league career. A solid but unspectacular “fourth outfielder” type.

 

The man: His father, Ralph Pierre LaCock, took on the name “Peter Marshall” and had a long TV and movie career, most notably as the host of Hollywood Squares for sixteen years. His aunt Joanne Dru (Joan Letitia LaCock) was a movie actress in the 1950s, including a starring role in the Dizzy Dean biopic The Pride of St. Louis. After his playing career he went on to a long career in coaching. He has competed in numerous charitable events, including over 50 triathlons. He donated bone marrow to a Hodgkins lymphoma patient in 2002; his wife is executive director of the Mid-America Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in the Kansas City area. He currently serves as a special consultant to the Zinger Bat Company.

 

My collection: I have eight of his cards, ranging from 1975 to 1981. I would be interested in trading for his 1976 Topps card, #101.