NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 LUIS ALVARADO

On the blog this morning, a “not so missing” 1977 card for former infielder Luis Alvarado, who made it back to the Big Leagues in 1976 after spending all of 1975 in the Minors:

Alvarado played in 16 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976, his second stint with the club, hitting .286 with 12 hits over 42 at-bats with three runs batted in after spending all of 1975 in both the St. Louis and Cleveland Indians farm systems.
The bulk of his Big League playing time was with the Chicago White Sox, for whom he played between 1971 through part of the 1974 season, when he’d collect over 200 plate appearances in each campaign, topping out with 278 in 1971.
Never a starter in any of his Major League stops, he finished his career with a .214 batting average, with 248 hits in 1160 at-bats in 463 games while playing second, short and third.