Wednesday, October 11, 2017

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 BUDDY HUNTER

Here was a fun card to whip up, a “not so missing” 1976 card for former Boston Red Sox player Buddy Hunter, who played in one single game during the 1975 season:


Hunter went hitless in his lone at-bat for the Red Sox during their American League championship season while playing second base in what would be his last taste of the Majors in his brief three year career.
Over that time he collected five hits in 17 at-bats, good for a very nice .294 average with five runs scored and a couple of runs batted in.
In a bit of a quirk for his career, he played his games in the 1971, 1973 and 1975 seasons, missing out on the years in between, and playing through the 1979 season in the Boston Minor League system, spending his entire 11-year pro career with the organization.

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