Today’s blog post has a 1972 “not so missing” card for former infielder Rudy Meoli, who began what turned out to be a six-year Big League career with a handful of games for the California Angels in 1971:
Meoli played in seven games as a September call-up in 1971, going 0-3 at the plate while putting in some time pinch-running.
He’d spend all of 1972 in the Minors before coming back in 1973, seeing
the most action in any one season for his career with 120 games, hitting
.223 with career-bests across the board, including runs, hits, doubles,
homers, RBIs and walks while playing second, third and shortstop.
A part-time player in parts of another four seasons from here on in,
he’d play for the Angels, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies before
retiring after the 1979 season.
All told, Meoli hit .212 in the Big Leagues, with 133 hits in 626
at-bats, with 69 runs scored and 40 RBIs over 310 Major League games.