Wood vs. Wood #78

Last time '62 won handily, 7-1. Who will come out on top this time?

Two very different visions of baseball here. One is a guy with no hat, a plain jacket, his hair blowing in the breeze, a lone tree behind him. The other is in a modern stadium, plastic grass, polyester uniform in bright colors. One thing the cards have in common is team names that are now defunct.

Gene Green played seven years in the major leagues for the five teams - St. Louis, Washington, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore. At various times a right fielder and a catcher, Green had a little power, could hit for a little average, but was incredibly slow. In the two seasons where he played over 100 games, he led his league in GIDP. Overall in 408 games he hit .267 with 46 HR and 160 RBI, grounding into 63 double plays. Green died at the age of 47 in 1981.

One of the few American baseball players of Japanese descent before 1995, Tom Foley was a middle infielder for 13 seasons for Montreal, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Known primarily for his glove, Foley hit .244 with 32 HR and 263 RBI in 1,108 games. He retired after the 1995 season and joined the front office of the newly-created Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He stayed in the Rays organization as a scout, coach and executive until he retired after the 2019 season.