Maxvill appeared in 20 games for the A’s in 1975, hitting an even .200 with two hits over 10 at-bats, filling in at both short and second base in what was his last Big League action.
A member of four championship teams over his career (1964/1967 with the Cardinals and 1972/1974 with the A’s), Maxvill was pretty much a “Mendoza-Line” hitter, finishing with a .217 lifetime average with 748 hits over 3443 at-bats, topping .250 only once, in 1968.
Incredibly, he received MVP votes that year while taking home a Gold Glove for his defensive work. Easily the best season of his career.
Go figure while everyone else in 1968 was struggling at the plate in the “Year of the Pitcher”, this guy goes out and has his best season.
Gotta love baseball.
