Today
I post up a “not so missing” 1970 card for former outfielder Bill
McNulty, who played his first Major League games in 1969:
McNulty didn’t quite have a debut to remember, as he would appear in
five games for the Oakland A’s and go hitless over 17 at-bats, striking
out 10 times. Ouch.
He’d spend the next two years in the Minors before making it all the way
back in 1972, albeit for four games, going 1-for-10 along with a couple
of walks.
That would be it for him on a Major League field, as he’d go on to play
three more years in the Minors before some time in Japan before retiring
as a player after the 1975 season.
But get this. His 1974 season for Sacramento in the Milwaukee Brewers
system was one of the top seasons of the decade, in ANY leagues!
That year, in 144 games and 526 at-bats, McNulty hit 55 homers with 135 runs batted in, along with 135 runs scored.
He slashed a .329/.438/.690 line for the year and it’s really something
that he didn’t get a chance to join the other Brewer sluggers on the Big
League level.
As a matter of fact, McNulty hit 20 or more homers the final seven years of his pro career, dating back to 1969.
Even in his last season of 1975, he finished with 24 homers, in only 104 games, with 63 RBIs and 54 runs scored.