NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 KEN PAPE

Here’s a fun card to create, a 1977 “not so missing” card for 21-game Major League infielder Ken Pape, who played his one season under the Big League sun for the Texas Rangers in 1976:

Pape hit .217 over those 21 games, hitting one home run while driving in four over 23 at-bats, scoring seven himself while collecting five hits.
Sadly for him, he’d spend the next four seasons toiling in the Minors for the Texas, Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners organizations before calling it a career in 1980, still only 28 years of age.
Nevertheless, for those 21 games in the Bicentennial Summer he was a Major League player, something I’m sure we can ALL say we’d wish for ourselves!