1977 Topps Baseball #127 - Ron Fairly
- Ron Fairly's first Topps card was in 1959. His last Topps card was in 1979. He came very close to being a "four decade" baseball card guy.
- Ron played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. He was traded from the Oakland A's for a minor leaguer and $30,000.
- Fairly was the Blue Jays' representative to the 1977 All Star Game. He batted .346 in May and .341 in June before tailing off to finish at .279.
- 1977 Stats: .279, 19 HR, 64 RBI
- 1977 Highlights:
- Other card blogs: 1979, 1978, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1959
Fairly wasn't acquired by the A's until very late in the 1976 season. Does this card feature a very elaborate airbrush job, or did Topps somehow manage to get a picture of Fairly in an A's uniform during the very short period he was there? I guess the latter is plausible, as they apparently had a photographer based in the Bay Area.
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