Up
on the blog today we have a “not so missing” 1978 card for former
California Angels shortstop Orlando Ramirez, for whom I’ve created cards
for before:
Ramirez appeared in 25 games for the Angels during the 1977 season,
batting .077 with a single hit in 13 at-bats, with six runs scored and a
stolen base.
It was pretty much the norm for him in all his five-years as a Big League player, all of which were with the Angels.
Pretty much averaging about 30 games a season, Ramirez filled in at
short while hitting around the “Mendoza Line”, with a high of .240 in
1975.
After a year in the Minors in 1978, he made it back to the Majors in
1979 for 13 games, which would be the last of his MLB career before
going to play in the Mexican League for three years before retiring for
good after the 1982 season.
All told, he played in 143 games in the Big Leagues, batting .189 with
53 hits over 281 at-bats with 24 runs scored and 16 runs batted in.