The blog today offers up a “not so missing” 1979 card for eight-game Major League outfielder Luis Silverio of the Kansas City Royals, who was a September call up in 1978 in what turned out to be the only Big League action he’d see:
Silverio hit a blistering .545 in his short time up, collecting six hits
in 11 at-bats, with two doubles and a triple along with seven runs
scored and three RBI’s!
His slugging was an eye-opening .909 with an OPS of 1.524! Hilarious, and an incredible showing for the young 21-year-old!
Funny enough, when you check out his Minor League career spanning 1974
through 1982, he never hit .300 in a season, generally stuck around .250
year after year.
He would end up playing another four years in the Kansas City
organization, but never get that chance to play in the Majors again,
retiring after the 1982 season.
