MLB Off-Season

Obscure Baseball Player Card #9 - Ruppert Jones, 1988 Fleer

Ruppert Jones is a former center fielder who began his career in 1976 with the Kansas City Royals and also played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, and California Angels where he finished his MLB career. Although mostly forgotten today, Ruppert was a two time All Star in 1977 and 1982. Here we see him on a 1988 card, even though his last year in the majors was 1987.

For more info and complete career stats, check out his Wikipedia and Baseball Reference pages.

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Obscure Baseball Player Card #8 - Randy Moffitt, 1984 Topps

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Randy Moffitt, seen on this card during his only year with the Blue Jays, pitched in the majors from 1972 to 1983. Most of his time was spent as a relief pitcher with the San Francisco Giants except his last two years with the Houston Astros and Blue Jays. Randy is the younger brother of women’s tennis star Billie Jean King!

For more info and complete career stats, check out his Wikipedia and Baseball Reference pages.

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Obscure Baseball Player Card #7 - Nelson Liriano, 1991 Fleer

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Well, there is not much information to be found on Nelson. From the Dominican Republic, he played in the majors for 11 seasons from 1987 to 1998 for a total of 7 different teams. In 1999 he played one game for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan. On this card we have him pictured with the Minnesota Twins in 1991, his only year with the team.

For more info and complete career stats, check out his Wikipedia and Baseball Reference pages.

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Obscure Baseball Player Card #6 - Bob James, 1988 Fleer

It’s been a while, but this is Zack from Fat Shawn Kemp back with another edition of obscure baseball player cards.

Today I have this lovable teddy bear of a pitcher, Bob James. Bob was a relief pitcher in the majors from 1978-1987. During that time he pitched for the Expos, Tigers, and White Sox with a 24-26 Win-Loss record, 340 K’s and 73 Saves.

For any more info you could possibly want to know on Bob James, check out his Wikipedia and Baseball Reference sites.

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Obscure Baseball Player Card #4 - Shawn Boskie

Zack from Fat Shawn Kemp back with my fourth obscure player card. This week I have Right-Handed Pitcher Shawn Boskie. According to Wikipedia (which doesn’t have much on him) he pitched in the Majors from 1990 to 1998. He played first for the Cubs and throughout his career pitched for the Phillies, Mariners, Angels, Orioles, and ended with the Expos. Boskie made his major league debut on May 20, 1990 pitching a 5-hit complete game shutout. His overall rookie year was quite promising, finishing with a 3.63 ERA in 15 games started. The rest of Boskie’s eight year career was below average, posting an ERA above 5.00 in all but one other season.

For more info on Boskie check out his Wikipedia and Baseball Reference Sites

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