Was going through my 1972’s recently and the Bobby Pfeil caught my eye because of the airbrush job.
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.