Let’s
go and give 15-year Major League veteran Terry Crowley a “not so
missing” 1977 card shall we, after being left out of the Topps set that
year:
Crowley split the 1976 season between the Atlanta Braves and Baltimore
Orioles, hitting a combined .224 with 15 hits over 67 at-bats after
spending the previous two years with the “Big Red Machine” Cincinnati
Reds.
His Big League career spanned between 1969 and 1983, having the
incredible luck of playing for both the 1970 Baltimore Orioles and 1975
Cincinnati Reds, the two top-winning teams of the 1970’s and World
Champions.
For his career, Crowley hit .250 with 379 hits in 1518 at-bats, with 42
homers and 229 runs batted in over 865 games playing for the Orioles,
Reds, Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos.
Never more than a fill-in/pinch hitter, Crowley never had more than 283
plate appearances in any one season through his career, with only two
years of more than 200.