Up on the blog today to start the new work week, a 1972 career-capping “not so missing” card for former catcher Jim French, who played the last of his Big League games in 1971 with the Washington Senators:
Now, yes he was never an official member of the Texas Rangers, and was
released by Washington at the end of the 1971 season, but hey, I figured
with this unique situation where a player finished his career while his
team became another franchise during the immediate off-season, why not
make up a card like this?
French played the entirety of his seven-year Major League career with
the Senators, beginning in 1965 through the 1971 season when he only
appeared in 14 games, hitting .146 with six hits in 41 at-bats over that
limited rolse.
Never a full-time player, the most action he ever saw in one season was 69 games in 1970, with 63 games the season prior.
It seems he retired from professional ball as he has no Minor League
play after 1971, thus finishing his career with a .196 batting average
with 119 hits in 607 at-bats, spread out over 234 games, with five home
runs, 53 runs scored and 51 runs batted in.
