Kevin Burghardt sent in this rather odd Pat Bourque card. The card represents Bourque’s 1973 season which he split with the Cubs and the A’s.
The oddity? Bourque get the regulation 8-8-8-9-9 combination but rather than put his last 9 at 25, APBA decided to put it at 62. He has a 25-22 instead.
The numbers on his card all work out. A quick calculation works out that he’ll hit around .220. Maybe a little high but it’s in the ballpark. It’s just the curious placement of the number 9 that’s puzzling. Even more curious is that this isn’t a card from APBA past but one that was published just last year.
A card error or just an anomaly that APBA didn’t bother to fix? Probably both.
Thanks, Kevin!
12 on 42 might mean there are similar cards in the set with 8 hits, 5 walks. Anyone know?