Monday, October 8, 2018

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 MIKE RAMSEY

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.