Today’s
blog post has a career-capping “not so missing” 1979 card for infielder
Gary Sutherland, who finished off a 14-year career in 1978 with 10
games as a St. Louis Cardinal:
Sutherland, who originally came up to the Big Leagues in 1966 as a
21-year-old with the Philadelphia Phillies, generally played second base
over his career, but was used all over the infield and even some
outfield.
In that last season of 1978 he played in 10 games, batting .167 with a
single hit over six at-bats, scoring a run, and would finish his career
with a batting average at .243 with 754 hits over 3104 at-bats, hitting
24 homers and driving in 239 runs in 1031 games.
His finest season would have to be 1974 when, as a Detroit Tiger, he hit
.254 with 157 hits and 60 runs scored, along with 20 doubles and 49
runs batted in during one of the few seasons he played a full year, in
this case 149 games and 652 plate appearances.