Here's a "missing" 1973 card for former Phillies outfielder Ron Stone.
Check it out:
Stone played in 41 games for Philadelphia in 1972, batting .167 with nine hits in 54 official at-bats.
Granted, it's not like Topps really missed the boat on this guy for
the 1973 set, but I DID find this decent image of him to use, so why
not?
Anyway, turns out those would be the final games of his five-year
career, playing in just over a couple-dozen games with the Kansas City
Athletics in 1966 before coming back to the Majors with the Phillies in
1969.
His only relatively full season was 1970, when he played in 123 games, mainly as an outfielder.
He batted .262 that year with 12 doubles, five triples and three homers and 39 runs batted in, with a .262 batting average.
After splitting time in the Minors with both the Phillies and Royals organizations in 1973, his playing days were behind him.
