12/6/2023 0 Comments 1981 topps eddie murrayThat’s why my first reaction when I saw his 1977 Baltimore Orioles postcard online recently was that it must be fake somehow. I suspect it’s the same for most collectors. That would be good reason to scowl, right? Murray had been practicing ever since his 1978 Topps rookie card:Īnd that’s the way I remember Murray on the field and in my cards. I’m pretty convinced the books have been altered in some way, robbing Eddie of the true thunder he unleashed in those series. In my memory, Murray spent that October doing three things - standing at first base, hitting bombs, and eating peanuts in the dugout between homers. Overall, his postseason numbers were just OK that year. There he hit a home run in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Chicago White Sox and then two more in Game 5 - the capper - of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. I didn’t really take notice of Murray, though, until the 1983 postseason. He was almost smirking on his 1981 Topps card, but that hand-on-hip pose gave me the notion even then that Murray didn’t have much patience for fools of any sort: ![]() I first encountered Eddie Murray - as I did most players - in my baseball cards. Of course, a lot of fans and (especially) media members would have called Murray’s demeanor something other than “intense” during his playing days.īut there was a lot going on around Murray that most fans never saw, and there were plenty of reasons for Murray to be wary of speaking freely. ![]() I have some suspicion that’s partly due to the intensity that was so evident on his card fronts: More than 20 years after his retirement, it’s easy to forget just how good Murray was. 287 batting average over a 21-year career with five teams. Murray’s card backs tell you his Hall of Fame story … 3255 hits, 504 home runs, 1917 RBI, 560 doubles, 128 sacrifice flies (a record). Pick up almost any Eddie Murray baseball card and you’ll be reminded of two things: Murray could hit a baseball like few other players in history, and he was (almost) always intense on the field. (Check out our other player card posts here.
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