(Photo: Topps 1978 baseball card)

RUDY MEOLI

Because Joe Pepitone had retired from baseball a few seasons earlier, the Cubs were in desperate need of a player who looked just like him. They weren't disappointed when Rudy Meoli showed up in camp. He had the same wild look as Pep, but he had one other quality that Pepitone only dreamed of having...a truly fantastic mustache.

On the other hand, Pepitone could hit. Meoli could not. The backup infieder for the Cubs in 1978 hit a whopping .103 for the season. His bat and glove weren't a big help, but his mustache fit right in with the other legendary mustaches on a Cubs team that got within sniffing distance of .500 (79-83).