1961 Topps #6, Ed Roebuck

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Ed Roebuck's 1961 Topps card #6 is shown
here, front and back:

http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/Roebuck-6.jpg

http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/Roebuck-6b.jpg

Ed Roebuck was the winning pitcher in the
last game the Dodgers would ever play with
Brooklyn in front of their name. The game was
played at Philadelphia on September 28, 1957.
(The last game at Ebbets Field was played four
days earlier.)

Ed was a relief pitcher for the Dodgers. He
came up to Brooklyn in 1955 and was with
them when they moved to Los Angeles in
1958. He had to sit out the 1959 season
with a shoulder injury, but came back in 1960.

In 1961, the year of this card, Ed only pitched
in 5 games, a total of 9 innings, when it was
decided he would sit out the rest of that year
also, with the shoulder problem. The Dodgers
used Ed as a scout that year.

He came back in 1962 and went 10-2, with
an ERA of 3.09, and finished 1st in the league
in Won/Loss percentage. He didn't lose his
first game until September 25th of that year.

Ed was traded to the Senators in the middle
of the season in 1963, was sent to the Phillies
early in 1964, and played with them until 1966.

As the cartoon says, Ed did lead the league
with 10 wild pitches in 1956.
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John Wade