1977 Topps Baseball #19 - John D'Acquisto

• John D'Acquisto started the 1977 season with the St. Louis Cardinals
• On May 17 John was traded with Pat Scanlon to the San Diego Padres for 1976 co-Rookie of the Year Butch Metzger
• Here is an article written by John about  his 1978 season. It's an interesting article about the discussions between John and San Diego management about what he had to do in order to be able to keep his career going. John did those things and had a lot of success in 1978.
• 1977 Stats:
• 0-0, 4.32 ERA in 3 games (2 starts) for St. Louis
• 1-2, 6.95 ERA in 17 games (12 starts) for San Diego
• 4-3, 3.75 ERA in 8 starts for AAA Hawaii
• 1977 Highlights:
• April 9 - Strained a leg muscle while running in the outfield and was placed on the 21-day disabled list
• May 13 - Combined with Barney Schultz and Al Hrabosky on a one-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. John didn't pitch the required five innings for a victory, so Schultz was given credit for the win.
• June 17 - was the winning pitcher in a 4-3 San Diego victory over the Cardinals.
• July 28 - was sent down to AAA Hawaii to make room for Randy Jones, who was coming off of the disabled list
• Other baseball card blogs: 1980, 1976, 1975, 1974