the facsimile autograph slid down aurelio rodriguez's leg when you compare his 1977 o-pee-chee card to his topps card from the same year.  here is his 1977 o-pee-chee card:
here's the topps front:
now the o-pee-chee back:
and the topps back:
rodriguez was coming off of a 1976 season in which he had broken brooks robinson's string of 15 consecutive gold gloves.  rodriguez was unable to defend his gold glove title successfully, however, as he missed all of may and about half of june and wound up playing in only 95 games in 1977.  on the offensive side, rodriguez managed to hit 10 homers that year, the last time in his career he would reach double digits in that category.

voici à vous, 1977 aurelio rodriguez!

aurelio rodriguez had his contract purchased by the san diego padres in december of 1979. here is his 1980 o-pee-chee card:
here's the topps front:
now the o-pee-chee back:
and the topps back:
rodriguez played in 89 games for the padres in 1980, and hit an even .200 before his contract was purchased by the yankees in august. rodriguez finished out the season in the bronx, hitting .220 with 3 homers in 52 games. his first yankee home run came a few days after he joined the club, and was a walk-off job against britt burns and the white sox.

rodriguez's travels continued after the season ended as the yankees sent him to toronto, and the blue jays traded him to the white sox prior to the start of the 1982 campaign.

voici à vous, 1980 aurelio rodriguez!