TTM Stats
- Sent: 11/3/2018 | Received: 11/13/2018 | 10 Days
- ’87 Topps, ’88 Donruss, ’88 Score, ’91 Score (did not sign ’91 Upper Deck
- Address: Home (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
John Tudor was a left-handed starting pitcher in the major leagues from 1979 through 1990. He played with the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals (twice) and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He went to three World Series and walked away with one ring. And while he pitched for a lot of years, he really is known for one great one.
Tudor was born in upstate New York and raised in Massachusetts. He went to community college in Massachusetts for two years and then walked on at Georgia Southern. The Red Sox made him their third round draft pick in 1976. After a few years in the minors he debuted in the major on August 16, 1979. Those first few years he pitched sparingly for Boston and really made it into the rotation in the 1982 season when he started 32 games and went 13-10 with a 3.63 ERA and 146 strikeouts.
Those type of stats would be representative of most of his time in baseball – around .500 with an OK ERA. But in 1985 after moving from Boston to Pittsburgh for a year and then to St. Louis, Tudor would have a tremendous year on a team that would eventually get to the World Series. But it didn’t start out well. He started the year with a 1-7 record and a 3.74 ERA. But then he went on a tear and ended up 21-8 (that right he was 20-1 after that start) and ended the season with a 1.93 ERA, a major league leading 10 shutouts, a major league leading .938 WHIP and a career high 169 strikeouts. That was good enough to get him second in the Cy Young voting and top-10 in the MVP voting.
He’d make it back to the World Series again with the Cardinals in 1987 but they lost. He moved on to the Dodgers via trade in 1988 and won a ring with them.
The Score on John Tudor – 7.0
John is one of those with a loopy signature. Especially that “J”. Man, it’s basically a circle right? It’s interesting how he flows from the first name into his “T” and then jus the little cross and the extra loop. There are parts that are defined really well and other parts that are completely not defined. John personalized these and he hadn’t done that to other cards I received in the past. I’m not sure if that is what he does these days or not.
Thanks Mr. Tudor! I’m giving this return a 7.
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