Weird Card Wednesday: 2002 Kenny Rogers

kenny rogers

Tom Zuppa alerted me to a very odd Kenny Rogers card that Keith Reifsnyder was commenting on a Facebook post.  The card is from 2002 and The Gambler gets a Henderson-esque APBA card despite just one stolen base.

Rogers went 13-10 with a 3.84 on the mound for the Rangers in 2002.  At the plate though, he went 2 for 3 with one walk, a stolen base and one rbi in interleague play.  Rogers also won the Golden Glove in 2002.

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG
2002 Totals 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/27/2014.

 

This is one of the strangest pitcher’s hitting cards I’ve seen in a while.  As Keith R says, “the (numbers) are just in a completely weird order”.  Rogers’ card has a definite offensive bent to it with six 11s and a 10.  However, his sixth 11 is at 35 and the 10 is found at 66. 

To add to the weirdness, Rogers’ 2002 card has three 14s all with asterisks. 

Weirdest to me is that he has a 44-9 but his second 9 doesn’t show up until his 42.  Not many hitting cards have that.  In fact, this is the only card I know of that has the two 9s that are separated by a factor of six.

If case you’re wondering, Rogers stole the base in a game against the Houston Astros.  The Rangers were ahead 4-2 in the 4th inning.  The Astros eventually won the game 7-6.

Thanks to Keith and Tom!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

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