Random Topps Card of the Day: 1988 Topps #245 Rich Gedman

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Thursday, December 31, 2009:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1988 Topps #245.
• Player Name, position, team: Rich Gedman, catcher, Boston Red Sox.
• Major League Debut: September 7, 1980.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1987 stats (Red Sox): 52 G, 151 AB, 11 R, 31 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 0 SB, .278 SLG, 10 BB, 24 SO, .205 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed by Red Sox as a Free Agent 08/05/1977. Bats: left, Throws: right. By 1987, he was a two-time All-Star (1985, 1986).
• Any special information about this specific card: O'Brien's eighth regular Topps card (total includes both Topps and Topps Traded cards). The backs of 1988 Topps featured, if room permitted, a segment called "This Way to the Clubhouse." Gedman was signed as an undrafted free agent with the Red Sox by Scout Bill Enos on 08/05/1977.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1982 Topps Traded #23T. Join us at 1:00 PM CST for the unveiling won't you?

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama