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| My re-do |
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| As issued by Topps |
Stinson was originally shown on a multi-player rookie card as a Houston Astro, though he played for the Cardinals in 1971, which wasn’t exactly wrong of Topps to do so, but since he never had a card for his time in St. Louis, I figured “why not?”.
Stinson appeared in 17 games for the Cardinals in 1971 after coming over from his original team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he played in 1969/1970, his first two seasons as a Big Leaguer.
In those 17 games, he hit .211 with four hits over 19 at-bats, while catching and playing both left and right field for the first time in his still-young career.
In 1972 he found himself a member of the Houston Astros, where he’d play for only one season. In his brief time with Houston, he hit .171 with six hits in 35 at-bats, driving in two runs while scoring three with a double and a walk.
He’d end up playing 12-years in the Big Leagues, finishing up with the Mariners in 1980 after two years with the Royals in 1975 and 1976, and two years with the Montreal Expos in 1973 and 1974, hitting .250 in 652 games, with 408 hits over 1634 at-bats, with 33 homers and 180 runs batted in.