1977 Topps Baseball #582 - Ed Kirkpatrick

• This was Ed Kirkpatrick's final major league season. Ed moved around a lot in 1977. On June 15 Kirkpatrick was traded to the Texas Rangers for Jim Fregosi. Then on August 20 Ed was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later (who turned out to be Gorman Thomas). Luckily for the Brewers they were able to get Thomas back later.
• Kirkpatrick was released during spring training in 1978. Ed spent half of the season in the Mexican league and then batted .325 for AAA Salt Lake City in the last half of the season.
• Ed Kirkpatrick passed away on November 15, 2010 after battling throat cancer.
• 1977 Stats:
• Pittsburgh Pirates - .143 (4 for 28) in 21 games
• Texas Rangers - .188 (9 for 48) in 20 games
• Milwaukee Brewers - .273 (21 for 77) in 29 games
• 1977 Highlights:
• May 3 - Entered the game as a pinch hitter and hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to knock in the winning run as the Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7.
• May 19 - Scored the winning run in the 10th inning of Pittsburgh's 6-5 win over the LA Dodgers.
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