Uhlaender appeared in 73 games for the eventual National League champs, batting .159 with 18 hits over 113 at-bats, a far cry from the steady bat he displayed through his career.
Just the previous season he hit .288 for the Cleveland Indians, with 144 hits over 500 at-bats, and a few years earlier he batted .283 for the Minnesota Twins when the league-leader was Carl Yastrzemski’s .301 during the “Year of the Pitcher” of 1968.
All told, Uhlaender finished up with a career average of .263 with 772 hits over 2932 at-bats in 898 games, playing for Minnesota, Cleveland and Cincinnati that last year of 1972.
