Here’s
another fun card to create, a 1971 card for a guy whose Major League
career was just over a month long, St. Louis Cardinals Jim Campbell:
Campbell, who was a first baseman/outfielder in the Minors, was solely
used as a pinch-hitter during his month-long stay in the Big Leagues
during the Summer of 1970.
Over the course of 13 games, he went 3-for-13, good for a ,231 batting
average, with an RBI, all off the bench as a pinch-hitter.
He’d never again get to appear in a Major League game, spending what
would be his final pro season, 1971, in the Boston Red Sox Minor League
system before retiring.
Originally in the Phillies system coming up in 1962, he put up some nice
seasons in the Minors, particularly his 1963 season at the age of 20
when he hit 25 homers along with 101 runs batted in and an even .300
batting average.
As recently as the 1969 season, now in the Baltimore Orioles
organization, he hit 20 homers, with 76 RBIs and a .274 average before
finding himself in the St. Louis system.
Nevertheless, that period between June and July of 1970 would be the
only taste of the “Big Show” he’d get, leaving me to create this
addition to that great black-bordered set all these years later.