it looks to me like o-pee-chee left mike schmidt's photo alone and just straightened out his facsimile autograph on his 1977 release.  here is schmidt's 1977 o-pee-chee card:
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schmidt hit 38 home runs for the third straight season in 1977, but it wasn't enough to lead the league as it had been in 1975 and 1976.  schmidt also failed to lead the league in strikeouts for the fourth straight year, so it wasn't all bad.  he won his second gold glove in 1977, and was named to his third all-star team.  he also finished in the top ten of the league's mvp voting for the third time in his career up to that point.  schmidt hit the second (and last) inside the park home run of his career on july 3, 1977 against the pirates.  i'm thinking there was a collision in the outfield.

voici à vous, 1977 mike schmidt!

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unfortunately, johnstone's 7 hits in the 1976 nlcs were not enough to unseat the reds as nl champions.  he had already won a ring with the 1973 a's (although he did not appear in the postseason that year) and soon enough he would be traded by the phillies to the yankees where he would win another title.  oddly enough, the yankees would trade rawly eastwick to the phillies in that deal, and as i am sure you are aware, eastwick was the closer for the reds' 1975 and 1976 world championship teams.

as for 1977, johnstone again helped the phillies to the nlcs by way of his clubhouse antics and 15/59/.284 line achieved over 112 games.  this time, johnstone was able to muster only 1 hit in the series as the dodgers beat the phillies for the pennant.

voici à vous, 1977 jay johnstone!

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christenson wen 19-6 with 5 complete games (two of which were 2-hitters) and a 3-hit shutout for the phillies in 1977.  he won those 19 games (a career high) despite an era of 4.06 and a whip of 1.36.  still, he helped the phils get to the nlcs.  since the text on the back of his cards addresses his apparent hitting prowess, let's see how he did at the plate in '77.  he set career highs with 3 home runs (including a grand slam) and 13 rbi, although his batting average was just .136 and he had an ops of only .436.

in the postseason, he made one start against the dodgers, but had no decision in the phillies' game 3 loss.

voici à vous, 1977 larry christenson!

o-pee-chee gave tug mcgraw just the slightest bit more of head room by altering the crop of his photo on his 1977 o-pee-chee card.  they also moved the facsimile auto around.  here is mcgraw's 1977 o-pee-chee card:
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mcgraw was 7-3 with 9 saves in 45 games for the phillies in 1977.  in contrast to today's closers, mcgraw had just two saves in which he performed a single inning of work, and one of his saves came via 4-inning appearance.  with a regular season era of 2.62 and a whip of 1.09, mcgraw earned a few mvp votes, finishing 24th overall, and pitched 3 scoreless innings against the dodgers in the nlcs.

voici à vous, 1977 tug mcgraw!

it's just the slightest of cropping differences, and a small change in the angle of the facsimile autograph, but garry maddox got some variation action from o-pee-chee in 1977.  here is his 1977 o-pee-chee card:
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maddox was known as the 'secretary of defense' as he claimed a gold glove in every season from 1975 through 1982.  at the plate, maddox set career highs in home runs (14) and rbi (74) in 1977 while helping the phillies return to the playoffs.  in the nlcs against the dodgers, maddox hit .429 with 2 rbi in games 3 and 4 after missing the first two games of the series due to a knee injury.

voici à vous, 1977 garry maddox!

rich hebner signed with the phillies as a free agent in december of 1976, so o-pee-chee modified the 'p' on his hat and did some coloring to give us a nice team variation in 1977.  they also moved his facsimile autograph.  here is hebner's 1977 o-pee-chee card:
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referring to the text on the back of the cards, hebner didn't homer on opening day in 1977 - his first home run didn't come until may - but he did have a walk-off against the mets and a grand slam later in the season.  in two of the years hebner homered on opening day (1973 and 1974), the home runs came at the expense of bob gibson.  in fact, hebner hit two off of gibson on opening day 1974.

in his first season with the phillies, hebner made the switch from third base to first (mike schmidt was playing third, so this was a no-brainer) and so o-pee-chee missed the opportunity for a position variation.  hebner hit .285 in 118 regular season games, and then hit .357 in the nlcs against the national league champion dodgers.

voici à vous, 1977 rich hebner!

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steve carlton is one of two hall of famers to have been born on december 22.  unfortunately, the other one is not steve garvey, but rather connie mack.  in 1977, the 30-year old carlton won 23 games and was voted the national league's cy young award winner for the second time in his career.  he even hit 3 home runs.  speaking of home runs - i was inspired by the cartoon to look it up, and carlton allowed two home runs to ernie banks - both in the same game.  neither were grand slams, however, but both were two-run blasts.

voici à vous, 1977 steve carlton!

greg luzinski was stripped of his all-star banner and had his facsimile autograph relocated by o-pee-chee in 1977.  here is his 1977 o-pee-chee card:
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luzinski earned that all-star banner (actually resulting in a shield) in 1977 when he hit .309 with 39 homers and 130 rbi.  he also led the league with 140 strikeouts, but also walked 80 times and finished 2nd in the mvp voting.  he helped the phillies get back to the nlcs as they had in 1976, and, as he had in 1976, the bull hit a home run in a losing cause.  in the bottom of the 9th of game 3 of the nlcs, luzinski couldn't quite get to a ball hit by manny mota that went for a double and eventually resulted in mota scoring the tying run of the game that came to be known as black friday in philadelphia.  and yes, i saved this card for a friday on purpose.

voici à vous, 1977 greg luzinski!

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boone caught 131 games for the nl east champion phillies in 1977.  he set career highs in runs scored, doubles, and rbi that year, and topped his previous career high of 10 home runs with 11 long balls.  he also went 4 for 10 in the nlcs that year against the dodgers.  but we all know how that series turned out.

voici à vous, 1977 bob boone!

dickie thon signed as a free agent with the rangers in december of 1991.  here is his 1992 o-pee-chee card:
thon had re-emerged as a starting shortstop during his time with the phillies as he worked his way back from a horrible beaning in 1984.  with the rangers, thon began the season as the rangers' starting shortstop, but missed most of july and august.  in all, he appeared in 95 games and hit .247.  one of his 4 homers on the year came off of randy johnson, so at least he had that going for him.

voici à vous, 1992 dickie thon!

bruce ruffin was traded from the phillies to the brewers in december of 1992 for dale sveum.  here's his 1992 o-pee-chee card:
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ruffin didn't fare so well in what would be his lone season in the american league.  he was 1-6 with a 6.67 era in 25 games.  he made 6 starts and had 1 complete game, although it was of the 8-inning variety.  ruffin signed as a free agent with the rockies after the 1992 season, and eventually became a full-time reliever and sometimes closer.

voici à vous, 1992 bruce ruffin!

barry jones was traded from the expos to the phillies in december of 1991. here's his 1992 o-pee-chee card:
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jones pitched in 44 games for the phils, going 5-6 with no saves. they released him in august, and he wound up finishing the 1992 season with the mets, going 2-0 despite a 9.39 era.

voici à vous, 1992 barry jones!

carmelo martinez signed with the phillies as a free agent a few days before the padres acquired fred lynn and joe carter. i don't think carmelo was in their plans for 1990. here's his 1990 o-pee-chee card:
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as a phillie, martinez hit .242 with 8 homers and 31 rbi in 71 games before he was traded to the pirates in august. with pittsburgh, martinez hit 2 more home runs, the first of which came against the phillies. he was 2 for 8 with 2 doubles and 2 rbi for the pirates in the 1990 nlcs against the reds.

voici à vous, 1990 carmelo martinez!