Today the blog offers up a “missing” 1975 card for former infielder Dave Rosello, who was just coming off his third season of Major League baseball, albeit a small taste:
Rosello appeared in 62 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1974, certainly
enough to warrant a card in 1975 I believe, hitting .203 over 148
official at-bats, with 30 hits.
He did have a spot on a multi-player rookie card in the 1974 set after
appearing in 16 games the year before, so I wonder why he was left out
of the ‘75 set considering the amount of playing time he got.
Nevertheless, he’d go on to play with the Cubs through the 1977 season
before spending all of 1978 in the Minors, making it back to the Big
Leagues in 1978, now a member of the Cleveland Indians, for whom he’d
play the next three years, the last of his nine-year career.
Overall, Rosello played in 422 games, hitting .236 with 206 hits in 873
at-bats, scoring 114 runs and driving in 76 between 1972 and 1981,
playing second, short and third.
