Today's Happy Baseball Birthday! remembers the former big league infielder, who also played for the Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs, over a dozen years, from 1973-84.
🏆 I absolutely love this card of Veryzer, who got the famed Topps Rookie Cup on his 1976 card after he batted .252, collecting 102 hits in 128 games, w/ 13 doubles, 5 HRs, and 48 RBI.
🎂 Thomas Martin Veryzer was born on February 11, 1953, in Port Jefferson, New York, played baseball at Islip High School, in Islip, NY.
The Tigers selected the 6' 1", 175 lb. future shortstop in the 1st Round of the 1971 Amateur Player Draft, and he made his big league debut with the club on August 14, 1973, collecting his first hit against the Minnesota Twins.
The Tigers had a Gold Glove 2nd Baseman in Eddie Brinkman, and traded him to the San Diego Padres on 1975 to make room for Veryzer to play SS full time.
I'm his final season, Veryzer, playing for the eventual National League Eastern Division Cubs.
In 1985, following his retirement from baseball, Tom Veryzer was inducted into the
😢 Tom Veryzer suffered a stroke and passed away on July 8, 2014, at the age of 61.
Apparently he was known for his range at shortstop.
ReplyDeleteYes. The Tigers had a lot of that on the left side of the infield in most of the 70s.
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