Dick Tidrow
Mustache Rating: 4.9 Fingerses
Years Active: 1974-1984
Teams Played For: Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets
Career Stats: 100-94, 3.68 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
- Nicknamed “Dirt”, played a variety of roles throughout his career, including being an early iteration of the “setup” man for future Hall of Famers (and fellow MPo1980s) Bruce Sutter and Goose Gossage.
- Member of two World Series Champion teams, the 1977 and 1978 New York Yankees
- Is only one of three players to ever play for both modern New York and Chicago teams, alongside journeymen Charley Smith and Lance Johnson (Xavier Nady and Octavio Dotel are the only two active players to be one team short of this feat)
- Since retiring in 1985, has worked in the front office for the New York Yankees (1985-1993) and since then for his hometeam San Franciso Giants, even though according to this 1984 Fleer card (and his own Giants bio) has been living and raising a family in the Kansas City area for at least twenty-seven years, but has respectfully declined to adopt the Royals as his “hometown” team, I guess.
- And yeah, he’s still got a mustache. You do not give up a mustache that amazing.













