Terrible Card Tuesday: 1976 Ken Rudolph

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Looking through my 1976 set, I ran across this Ken Rudolph card from the St Louis Cardinals.  It wasn’t till I looked up his stats did I realize why his name sounded so familiar.  He was the backup catcher for the Cubs between 1969-1973. 

Rockford, Illinois native Rudolph had his share of lean seasons and 1976 was no exception.  In 50 at-bats, he batted .160 with just three doubles.  He walked just once and struck out seven times. 

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
1976 Totals 27 51 50 1 8 3 0 0 5 0 1 7 .160 .176 .220
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/14/2015.

 

What really hurts Rudolph’s card is his lack of 14s.  He only gets one and he’s probably fortunate to get that. 

After his power numbers of 6-6 and hit numbers of 8-8-8-9-9, Rudolph is given a 25-36 and a 51-13.  He also has four 24s. 

Ugly numbers:  51-13, 25-36, 31-38

The 12 was at the 56 on the 1976 season set so any card that would have normally had a 56-34 had the 34 moved to 63. 

Ken Rudolph trivia:  He was one of the first players ever drafted.  He was drafted 26th overall in the second round in the 1965 draft, the first ever MLB rookie draft. 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as a frequent participant of the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

One Comment:

  1. Cool One of our own. Wonder if he still lives here.

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