I guess today's card can be considered a "missing in action OR even a "career capper": a 1972 Clete Boyer edition.
Take a look:
Boyer was wrapping up a nice 16-year career that saw him play for
the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves between
1955 and 1971.
For the 1971 season, he played in 30 games, with 108 plate
appearances before calling it a career, batting .245 with 24 hits, 10
runs scored and 19 runs batted in while manning third base for the
Braves.
His finest Major League season would have to be in 1967 when he hit
26 homers with 96 RBI's for Atlanta, even garnering some MVP votes.
His final pro numbers are solid for the era: 1396 hits with 645
runs scored, 200 doubles, 162 homers, 654 RBI's and a .242 batting
average, while also leading his league in various fielding categories
over at third base, including two fielding titles in
1967 and 1969, the latter of which got him his only Gold Glove.
