1981 Donruss Expos

1981 Donruss #91-Bill Gullickson

Game:

September 25, 1980 at Wrigley Field

Box Score Line

Montreal Expos               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gullickson L(9-5)             5     5   3   3   0   4   1  20

1981 Donruss #92-Fred Norman





Game:



September 25, 1980 at Wrigley Field (same game as Gullickson)

Last game pitched in his MLB career relieving Gullickson




Box Score Line
Montreal Expos               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Norman                        0.1   3   2   2   1   0   0   5

1981 Donruss Pirates

This one is very interesting.
1981 Donruss Pirates pitchers Grant Jackson and Eddie Solomon. What I find cool about these photos is the fact that they are wearing different pants and stirrups but the tops are the same. One of the many away combos the Pirates used back in the 80's

Before I dive into the cards here is an interesting note taken from http://wrigleywax.blogspot.com/ about the card photos.
"Wagon Gates: The gates were a reddish brown color. Today they are green and have ads placed on two of them. The gate behind Eddie Soloman is no longer there".

1981 Donruss #15-Grant Jackson
1. Pitched in two games, but it was a double header. So, the photo was taken on Aug 6th 1980. Just not sure on which game. He pitched the 7th inning of game one and then came in at the 7th of game 2  and pitched 3 innings of relief for his 6th save. Nice uni note with the black pants.

1981 Donruss #16-Eddie Solomon
1. Pitched two games at Wrigley that year.
2. Game one was Aug 7th, a complete game. The second game was Sept 26th when he came in relief of the candy man for 1/3 of an inning.
Based on my internet old newspaper finds from an old grainy photo, my guess is that the photo was taken on September 26th.

Photos solved?

1981 Donruss #134-Jim Bibby

Funny things is after looking at my cards I noticed this gem. Same game as Grant Jackson!

Game:

August 6, 1980 at Wrigley Field

Box Score Line

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Bibby                         6      8   5   5   2   3   2  26

Grant Jackson took the hill in the 7th in relief. 

1981 Donruss Mets

My first attempt to figure out the time and place the photo was taken. Thought it would be interesting to start with the cards from my childhood collection.

1981 Donruss Roy Jackson #36
According to Baseball Reference
1. Roy Jackson pitched in a game on Sept 22 in relief of Mark Bomback, pitching 2/3 of an inning

1981 Donruss Mike Scott #37
1. Mike Scott started the game on Sept 23 lasting 1 2/3 of an inning.

At first I thought that maybe it was the same game only because of the guy with the fro in the left corner of each photo. But now looking it over closely, the guy must have been at both games?

Photos solved?