Friday, March 11, 2016

MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 BOBBY MITCHELL

I came across this photo of former Milwaukee Brewer Bobby Mitchell and decided to create a “missing” 1972 Topps card, though I know I’m pushing it a bit:


Mitchell appeared in 35 games for the Brewers during the 1971 season, hitting .182 with 10 hits in 55 at-bats.
After toiling in the Minors the entire 1972 season he’d come back to the Major League level in 1973 where he’d stay through the 1975 season, all in Milwaukee, hitting a combined .235 with 143 hits in 609 at-bats.
That would be the sum total of his short five-year career before going to Japan and playing on the Nippon Ham team from 1976 through 1979.