1976 SSPC Doug Rader

 

The card, in brief: An all-time great card photo. Nice of SSPC to switch to horizontal to fully capture the shot. Known as "The Red Rooster", Rader was known for his flaky, goofy antics on and off the field.

Playing career, in brief: Doug Rader played for the Astros from 1967 to 1975, and had brief stints with the Padres and Blue Jays. He was a great defensive third baseman, winning five straight Gold Gloves. At the plate he had the profile of a modern player - low average, good power, high strikeout totals, decent walk totals. Overall in 1,465 games he hit .251 with 155 HR and 722 RBI.

Post-playing career, in brief: Rader was a long time coach, who had unsuccessful managerial stints with the Rangers and Angels. He is now retired an living in Florida.

My collection: I have 20 of his cards, from 1967 to 1978. I would be interested in trading for 1975 Astros Photocards #NNO, another crazy photo of his.

 

Roundup

I may not be buying cards for now, but still have regular cards in the mail, not only from bloggers but from the trading groups TCDB (Trading Card Data Base) and OBC (Old Baseball Cards). Trading is still cheap enough!

Got a single card in a TCDB trade with dmarek. It's an interesting vintage miscut. I assume the red and yellow lines indicate the end of a sheet.

These six game from Greg Henthorn of OBC. These might not be big names but almost all are the tougher semi-high or high-numbers.

Canadian OBCer Andrew Goguen sent these Canadian OPCs. The most interesting is the Bob Watson, "Announced his retirement".

From TCDB, I finished lildog7's E.T. set, and he finished my 1993 Hostess set, along with a few Bowmans.

These Baltimore Orioles came from TCDB's BOCards. Also a Topps flashback. I guess Topps wasn't comfortable with using the full Jaws poster.

Some oddballs from Jeff9679. I am always up for some unlicensed cards.

Some more semi-highs from OBC's Casey Branton.

Finally, this was my last eBay purchase (hopefully not forever!). $20 is a great deal for this card, even in this condition. He's just a Red Sock anyway. Still, can't be spending $20 on a card these days.