Next
up on the blog, a “not so missing” 1979 card for former New York Yankee
George Zeber, who had his one and only card the previous year, and
confused a lot of us young kids with a “George who?!”:
After a very nice rookie showing in 1977 when he hit .323 over 25 games
for the World Champs, Zeber was still hard pressed to crack the Yankee
line-up, as evidenced by only three appearances during the second
straight championship campaign.
He went 0-for-6 at the plate, in what would end up being his last taste
of the Big Leagues, heading back to the Minor Leagues, where he’d finish
out the season, hitting .235 in Triple-A ball.
The mystery is that it seems after that 1978 season, he never played pro
ball again. I cannot find any other information on active play after
that.
Nevertheless, Zeber was forever immortalized on cardboard with that 1978
card, smack dab in between those other Yankees like Reggie, Nettles and
Guidry in that great 1978 set.