1989 Topps Major League Debut #139: John Wetteland

John Wetteland

PHOTO: Wetteland looks like he was just told that he has to wash the vets' jocks after practice. A love the glimpse of the batting cage behind him and what looks like a guy in a red jersey.

STAT: From 1992 to 2000, he had the most saves in baseball, by far.

ANAGRAM: John Wetteland = Handle jet town. Ironically, this suggests that he should have pitched well against Seattle, but we all remember the 1995 ALDS when he got absoluetly torched by the Mariners.

CAREER: 6/10

Wetteland really did have a great career. He walked away when he could still pitch, probably leaving 4-5 more good years on the table. His finale resume includes more than 300 saves, a stretch from 1992-2000 when he was one of the top closers in baseball, more than 1 strikeout per inning pitched with low hit and walk totals, one championship, and one World Series MVP award. Not too shabby.

1989 Topps Major League Debut #131: Jose Vizcaino

Jose Vizcaino

PHOTO: Is there some rule about how badly a rookie's cap must fit?

STAT: Among players with at least 5000 at-bats since 1989, Vizcaino has the 3rd-worst OPS+.

ANAGRAM: Jose Vizcaino, Infield, Dodgers = Con is if jailed - oversized dong

CAREER: 5/10

Vizcaino hit for a decent average but had no extra-base power to speak of. Still, he was a good defensive player, played all 4 infield positions, stuck around in the majors for a long time, and made it to the post-season a whole bunch.

1989 Topps Major League Debut #85: Mike Munoz

Mike Munoz

PHOTO: Munoz is standing in almost exactly the same spot as Mike Hartley was. The trees in the background are quite recognizable. I do like the occasional lush green tree photo, but I wish the angle had been changed a little bit between these two cards.

STAT: Munoz gave up multiple homers to 4 guys, and I believe that all four have been mentioned in conjunction with steroids at one time or another.

ANAGRAM: Mike Munoz, P, Dodgers = Perked mound gizmos (and certainly not "sodomized germ punk" or "memorized dog spunk")

CAREER: 4/10

Munoz was a pretty good relief pitcher who was hurt in his final totals by pitching a number of years at Coors Field when it was still a launching pad. His actual career ERA was 5.19, good for a 95 ERA+. However, his neutralized ERA was 4.22, which would have given him an ERA+ well over 100.

1989 Topps Major League Debut #63: Mike Huff

Mike Huff

PHOTO: What is with the weird airbrushing on the card? Look down by Huff's right foot (that's the one on the left of the photo.) Looks like Topps covered a bunch of stuff with black and left a weird sort of green area. Hmm.

STAT: Huff ended up with 9 career homers in 804 AB, and they were kind of interesting. Every last one was a solo shot and one led off a game.

ANAGRAM: Mike Huff = Hike muff. [Insert pornographic joke here.]

CAREER: 2/10

Huff didn't get too much playing time and didn't do a lot with the time he got. He was a decent part-time player in 1994 with the Blue Jays.

1989 Topps Major League Debut #53: Mike Hartley

Mike Hartley

PHOTO: Wow, this is a rarity. It's pretty unusual to see entire trees in card backgrounds that are not palm trees.

STAT: Hartley has one of the most recent seasons with at least one shutout and one save while pitching no more than 80 total innings.

CAREER: 2/10

Hartley was late to the bigs, not appearing until age 27. Despite pitching pretty well in his last few years, he was done by age 33.

1989 Topps Major League Debut #38: Darrin Fletcher

Darrin Fletcher

PHOTO: Not a bad photo and I especially like how the background fade from blue to red sort of matches the bleed on the card border from gray to red.

STAT: Fletcher was a starting catcher for 9 seasons, from 1993 to 2001, but was the only guy to have at least 300 but no more than 500 PAs in each of those 9 seasons. He never played enough to get over 500 PAs in any season of his career.

CAREER: 4/10

Fletcher was an average offensive player, especially if you ignore the first few years of his career. Not a flashly payer, Fletcher's best year was probably 1999 when he put up 80 RBI.