Tuesday, December 18, 2018

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 JOE STATON

Next up on the blog, we have a “not so missing” 1974 card for former Detroit Tigers first baseman Joe Staton, who played out the final nine games of his brief two-year Major League career in 1973:


Staton collected four hits over 17 at-bats in those nine games, hitting .235 with three runs batted in and two runs scored.
The previous year he made his MLB debut, playing in six games while going hitless in two at-bats, with a run scored.
Turn out that Major League action in 1973 would be the last of his professional career, though I can’t find any other info on what he went on to, as Baseball_Reference shows he didn’t even play Minor League ball after the 1973 season.
Anyone out there know?
Nevertheless, Staton finished with a 15-game career that saw him hit .211 with four hits in 19 at-bats, all with the Detroit Tigers between 1972 and 1973.