Up
on the blog today is a 1973 card for a guy who’ll get a few “missing”
cards on this blog before I’m done, first baseman Joe Lis:
Lis appeared in 62 games for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1972, batting
.243 with 34 hits over 140 at-bats, certainly enough action to warrant a
card in the 1973 set.
He would end up putting in eight seasons in the Major Leagues, batting
.233 with 182 hits in 780 at-bats over 356 career games, with 32 homers,
92 runs batted in and 96 runs scored.
The most he ever played in any one season was in 1973 while with the
Minnesota Twins when he appeared in 103 games, hitting .245 over 286
plate appearances, with nine homers and 25 RBIs.
He’d eventually end his career with nine games playing fore the
inaugural 1977 Seattle Mariners before playing a season in Japan in
1978, returning for one last Minor League season in 1979, his last as a
pro.