That’s Craig Christian’s thumb you see holding Kurt Bevacqua’s 1977 card. This is a fun one and interesting too.
“Dirty Kurt” hit .333 in 96 at-bats with five homers and 14 extra-base hits. He drove in 28 which isn’t bad for his playing time. He walked six times, struck out 13 times and had six GIDPs.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Totals | 39 | 104 | 96 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .333 | .365 | .604 |
It’s not often that you see two 4s on a hitter’s card since it is so base situation dependent. Though Bevacqua’s power numbers (1-4-4-5-6) are pretty strange anyway. Kurt has some hit numbers to go along with that too. He has two 7s to give him a 15-7 and a nice 64-9.
Fun numbers: 33-4, 44-6, 64-9
Watch out for Dirty Kurt’s double play numbers though! He has six 24s including a 21-24 and a 63-24.
Bevacqua was the epitome of a journeyman. He played for six teams and no more more than three years for five of those teams. Only the San Diego Padres did he stay for six years. On baseball-reference.com, Bevacqua is listed as a pinch hitter first though he did play all the infield positions and outfield.
thanks, Craig!!
I think “Dirty Kurt’s” finest baseball moment occurred in the 1984 World Series,where he went 7 for 17 including 2 doubles and 2 homers and a 1.327 OPS in a losing effort against the Tigers. You can probably substitute that ’77 card instead of the ’84 card if you ever wanted to replay the series.