Today we have a "not so missing" 1979 card for
seven-year Major League infielder Mike Ramsey, who played the first
dozen games of his career in 1978:
Ramsey came up as a
September call-up in 1978, going 1-for-5 at the plate while scoring four
runs with some time at shortstop for the Cardinals.
He'd end
up spending all of 1979 in the Minors, but was up for good in 1980,
going on to play the next four and a half seasons with St. Louis,
including 1982 when the they went on to World Championship.
As
a matter of fact 1982 saw Ramsey get the most playing time in any one
season of his career, appearing in 112 games for the Redbirds, batting
.230 with 59 hits over 256 at-bats with 21 runs batted in, all career
highs.
In 1984 he was traded over to the Montreal Expos for
Chris Speier, in mid-season, appearing in 37 games for the Canadian team
before signing as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1985,
where he'd end up playing the last nine games of his career.
All
together, Ramsey hit .240 for his Big League tenure, collecting 189
hits over 786 at-bats in 394 games, while generally playing the all
infield positions but first base.
