TTM Stats
- Sent: 5/8/2018 | Received: 5/17/2018 | 9 Days
- ’70 Topps, ’84 Topps, ’85 Topps, ’90 Topps, ’91 Topps
- Address: PO Box
The Story of the Autograph
Doug Rader played third base and later managed in the major leagues. He played for the Houston Astros for the majority of his career (1967 through 1975) and then for the last two years of his career he played with the San Diego Padres and the Toronto Blue Jays. After his playing career he managed for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and California Angels in the mid-’80s to early-’90s. During his playing days he was known for his defense and had the nickname “The Red Rooster” for his red hair.
Rader signed with the Astros as a free agent in 1965. He made his debut in July of 1967 and picked up his first hit in that game against the Mets. In that first year he played most games at first, but in 1968 he was moved over to third base. From 1970 through 1974 Rader won the Gold Glove every year. He was never a great hitter with a lifetime.251 average, but he did top 20 homers a couple times in his career and had a 162 game average of 17 homers. He was traded to the Padres after the 1975 season and then the Blue Jays picked him up midway through the 1977 season. He was released in spring training the next year and retired.
As a manager he never had too much success, except for 1989. With Texas the team improved in his first year, but then declined and the team removed him as manager in his third year. The next year, 1986, he was the hitting instructor and became the interim manager when Tony La Russa was fired. He went 1-1 before they named Jim Fregosi as the manager. In his last try at managing he went to the California Angels. In his first year the team improved 16 games and went 91-71. But the next year the team went below .500 and that continued into the next year. Rader didn’t make it to the end of the 1991 season before being fired.
The Score on Doug Rader – 6.5
Doug has a nice signature. It came out great on all the cards and it’s pretty consistent. Of course the least consistent is the card I really wanted signed (the 1970 Topps card). Still, he used a great marker and there’s no smudging or anything. The card that didn’t come out as well is the ’91 Topps card. That ones just way to dark to be successful.
Thanks Mr. Rader! I’m giving these a 6.5.
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Information gathered using Wikipedia and Baseball Reference.