1972 Brewers Hitting

 1972 brought the Brewers, perhaps their first true superstar. Tommy Harper was a solid player in 70 and 71, and his trade to the Red Sox in the off season brought George C. Scott among others to Milwaukee. In his first season in Milwaukee Scott led the team in several offensive categories including AB, R, H, 2B, 3B, RBI, K, GIDP, SLG% and OPS. Scott was a colorful player, one of his most famous quotes was to mention that his necklace he wore was made of the teeth of second basemen. He had a name for his glove as well. "Black Beauty helped him win 8 gold glove awards at first base. Ironically when the Brewers traded him back to the Red Sox in the late 70's it brought to them another first basemen who is synonymous with Brewers baseball. Cecil Cooper, and one who would hold down the position until the late 80's. According to an account from former Brewers Owner and Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, Scott was the first Brewers player to earn $100,000, which he achieved in 1976. "I guess he was our first superstar" Selig was quoted as saying. Robin Yount, the young shortstop who arrived in Milwaukee in 1974 and stayed for the next 20 years said that he helped Boomer win some of those gold gloves. "I made a million errors, but Boomer saved a million more." It's worth noting that Yount committed a whopping 44 errors in 1975.

Sadly George Scott passed away in 2013. Pictured below is his 1972 Topps card. Beckett is down tonight, so I cannot list his card stats from that year at the moment.

Image 1 - 1972 TOPPS #585 GEORGE SCOTT BREWERS


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