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Tommie Wayne Sisk
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitcher
Born: April 12, 1942, Ardmore, OK
Signed: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent, June 21, 1960
Major League Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates 1962-1968; San Diego Padres 1969; Chicago White Sox 1970
Tommie Sisk found early success as a reliever with the Pirates, appearing in 57 games during his rookie season of 1963 and pitching to a 2.92 ERA over 108 innings pitched. He struggled over the next few seasons to regain that form, and was ultimately moved to the starting pitching rotation. Sisk enjoyed a career year in 1967, going 13-13 with a 3.34 ERA and accumulated 11 complete games with two shutouts. He struck out a career high 85 batters over 207 2/3 innings. He was used again in 1968 as a swing-man for the Pirates, making 11 starts and appearing in 33 games overall and pitching to a 3.28 ERA. In March 1969, Sisk was dealt with Chris Cannizzaro (#131) to the expansion Padres for Ron Davis (#553) and Bobby Klaus (#387). One of the most frequently used pitchers by the Padres in their inaugural year, Sisk appeared in 53 games and went 2-13 with a 4.78 ERA. Sisk appeared in 17 games for the White Sox in 1970 before his big league career came to an end. In 316 games, Sisk was 40-49 with a 3.92 ERA, 10 saves and 441 strikeouts over 928 1/3 innings pitched.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #181
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Pirates Team Set / Accuracy Index -7
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Sisk moved from Pittsburgh to San Diego right before the start of the season, which had to have an upgrade at least weather wise. Manager Preston Gomez (#74) wasn't shy about bringing Sisk into games and he was one of four pitchers with over 50 appearances, joining Frank Reberger (#637), Jack Baldschun and Billy McCool (#129). McCool led the staff with seven saves, with Sisk and Reberger tied for second place with six saves each.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #169
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8): 1963-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1970 Topps #374
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 31 in the Beckett online database as of 11/15/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 104th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing less than a dollar.
The Card / Pirates Team Set / Accuracy Index -7
This photo was likely taken at the same time as photos used for Sisk's 1967 and 1968 Topps cards. And his 1966 Topps card has Sisk posing in essentially the exact same pitching stance. The cartoon on the back highlights his 57 appearances in 1963, which was his career high. His 11 complete games in 1967 were 10th most in the National League.
Accuracy Index: My scoring may be a little harsh in the case of Sisk's card, but he gets a rare (so far) -7 score for the former team uniform (-5) and not actually playing for the Pirates in 1969 (-2).
1969 Season
As mentioned above, Sisk moved from Pittsburgh to San Diego right before the start of the season, which had to have an upgrade at least weather wise. Manager Preston Gomez (#74) wasn't shy about bringing Sisk into games and he was one of four pitchers with over 50 appearances, joining Frank Reberger (#637), Jack Baldschun and Billy McCool (#129). McCool led the staff with seven saves, with Sisk and Reberger tied for second place with six saves each.
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First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #169
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8): 1963-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1970 Topps #374
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 31 in the Beckett online database as of 11/15/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
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