So when I looked up his career to see if he even played after that (for a possible “not really missing in action” card), I saw he never even played for Boston, and never even played in another Major League game again:
After coming up to the Majors at the right time, as a member of the 19769 New York Mets, playing in 62 games and batting .232 with 49 hits over 211 at-bats, he’d spend all of 1970 in the Philadelphia Phillies system after being traded there for Ron Allen.
Making it back to the Big Leagues in 1971, he’d play in 44 games for the Phillies, batting .271 with 19 hits over 70 at-bats while playing seven different positions.
However, after being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in February of 1972, then getting purchased by Boston a little over a month later, he’d spend the entire 1972 season playing for the Louisville Colonels, Boston’s Triple-A affiliate, putting in a very nice year with a solid .272 average with 134 hits and 65 runs scored.
But that would be it for his career, as he was out of pro ball for good after that season, leaving us with one of many quirky cards of the era of guys pictured as members of a team they never actually ended up playing for.
