Time
to go and give former speedster Larry Lintz a “not so missing” 1978
card after another season of a “designated running” for the Oakland A’s
in 1977:
Lintz, who didn’t quite get the full-on “D.R.” action that Herb
Washington had before him, did play in 41 games, with only 40 plate
appearances, stealing 13 bases while scoring 11 runs for Oakland.
The previous year, his first with the A’s, Lintz appeared in 68 games,
yet had only four plate appearances, scoring 21 runs while stealing 31
bases for the go-go team that stole over 300, 341 to be exact!
But Lintz’s MLB days were coming to a close, as he’d find himself with
the Cleveland Indians the following year, appearing in only three games
before being out of Big League ball for good.
All told, he played in 350 games during his career between 1973 and
1978, hitting .227 while scoring 137 runs and stealing 128 bases in 616
at-bats and 756 plate appearances.