TTM Stats
- Sent: 8/5/2019 | Received: 8/13/2019 | 8 Days
- ’74 Topps, ’77 Topps, ’78 Topps, ’79 Topps
- Address: Home (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
Tom House is a former left-handed pitcher in the major leagues. He primarily worked as a reliever from 1971 through 1978 and played with the Braves, Red Sox, and Mariners.
House was born in Washington and then went to college at USC. The Cubs first drafted him in the 11th round of the 1965 MLB Draft but he declined. Two years later the Braves made him the 48th overall selection. He made his debut on June 23, 1971 against the Montreal Expos. His best year came in 1974 when he pitched in 56 games and 102.2 innings with a 1.93 ERA. The Braves later traded him to the Red Sox in 1975 and then he went to the Seattle Mariners when the Red Sox sold them his contract.
After retiring House has worked as a pitching coach. He earned his degree in Sports Psychology and while he used different methods than most, now a lot of them are more commonplace. Nolan Ryan actually credited house with some of his success later in his career during his Hall of Fame induction speech.
Two other things that are interesting about House. First, he admitted to using steroids in the 1970s making him one of the first to admit using PEDs. He is also the person that caught Hank Aaron’s famous record-breaking home run when he was in the bullpen that game.
The Score on Tom House – 3.0
The biggest thing that has this scored so low is the ball point pen. It never really comes out well, but it seems especially bad on this return. Tom signs a little small as well. That probably could have been overcome with a good Sharpie. But unfortunately the ball point pen strikes again.
Thanks Mr. House! I’m giving this return a 3.
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