Here’s
a “not so missing” 1972 card for 16-game Major League shortstop Rich
Hacker, who played for the Montreal Expos during the Summer of 1971:
Originally drafted and signed by the New York Mets in 1967, he finally
made it to the Big Leagues in July of 1971, collecting four hits over 33
at-bats with a double and two runs batted in during his short stay.
He’d spend the next two seasons in Montreal’s Minor League system, then
oddly, though I have NO record of him playing Pro ball from 1974 to
1978, it shows that he played for the San Diego Double-A Amarillo Gold
Sox for six games in 1979. Odd.
Anyone know what went on here?