Wood vs. Wood #307

Last time was a 7-4 win for 1987. Will this be closer?

Jim Grant poses at Yankee Stadium before a game. For some reason the bleachers are full but the grandstand is empty. Some kind of pregame event in the bleachers, maybe? Grant came up with the Indians in 1958 and had some good seasons for some mostly bad Indians teams. He was traded to the Twins in 1964 and had by far his best season in 1965, leading the AL with 21 wins and six shutouts, and going 2-1 with a 2.74 ERA in his only World Series. He got hurt in '67 and wasn't the same pitcher since, converting to the bullpen where he was a solid contributor for several teams in the late 60s and early 70's. Overall in 571 games (293 starts) he went 145-119 with 54 saves and a 3.63 ERA. After his retirement he was a coach, baseball historian and author (wrote the book Black Aces about Black 20-game winners) and was publicity director for the North American Softball League. He died in 2021.

On his rookie card, Lee Guetterman lunges for a ball, almost certainly at Yankee Stadium. That would make this May 18, 1986, when the Yankees scored four runs off the reliever in 2.2 innings en route to an 11-5 win. Perhaps this was Ken Griffey's fielder choice to 2B in the fifth, or Dave Winfield's single to left in the seventh. Guetterman pitched eleven seasons in the major leagues, mostly with the Mariners and Yankees. In 1989, with the Yankees, he set a major league record by starting the season with 30 2/3 scoreless innings, a record for a relief pitcher. The next year he led the Yankees in victories with 11. Overall in 425 games he went 38-36 with 25 saves and a 4.33 ERA. He is now the baseball coach at the Crossroads Christian Academy in Tennessee, a school founded by his wife, Drew. He shared his thoughts on this card (he doesn't like it) with this blog in 2010.