In 1983, Kittle was a hot rookie with a hot card [1983 Fleer #241] but just didn't live up to whatever hype he generated in his first year - on the junk wax cards I stumbled upon around the time he played his last few seasons as a MLB player, the fact that Kittle wore glasses made me think he didn't look that part of professional athlete.
Though Kittle hit only .239 and had an on-base percentage of .306 in his 10-year MLB career - he was actually serviceable, hitting 176 home runs with an an OPS + of 110.
3 comments:
A popular guy in Chicago he spent some time as a minor league manager out in the Chicago boonies.
Kittle FTW!
I remember Kittle's rookie card being a hot commodity. That's right about the same time I was getting serious about collecting. Picked up his signature as well... mainly for nostalgic reasons.
Post a Comment