Time
to go and give former Atlanta Braves first baseman Jim Breazeale a “not
so missing” 1970 card based on his MLB debut of two games during the
1969 season:
Breazeale went 1-for-3 at the plate in his Big League debut, including
two base on balls as a September call-up as a 19-year-old out of
Houston, Texas.
He’d spend all of 1970 in the Minors before making it back in 1971,
hitting .190 over the course of ten games, collecting four hits in 21
at-bats including a home run with three RBIs.
He did have a Topps card in the 1973 set after having the most playing time of his short 4-year career in 1972.
That season he played in 52 games, batting .247 over 85 at-bats,
collecting 21 hits, a couple of doubles and five home runs with 17
RBI's.
Breazeale, who hadn't appeared in Major League action since 1972 when he
was with the Atlanta Braves, made it back to the Majors in 1978 and hit
.208 with 15 hits over 72 at-bats with three doubles, three home runs
and 13 runs batted in for the Chicago White Sox.
That 1978 action with the White Sox would prove to be the final time he
saw on a Major League field, closing out his career with a .223 average,
with 40 hits over 179 at-bats, with nine homers and 33 RBI's thrown
in.