Monday, October 19, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 BOB BEALL

Up on the blog today, we have a “not so missing” 1976 card for former Atlanta Braves 1b-OF Bob Beall, who made his Big League debut in 1975:


Beall appeared in 20 games for Atlanta in 1975, hitting .226 over that time with seven hits in 31 at-bats, with two runs scored and a run batted in.
He wouldn’t be back to the Majors again until the 1978 season, when as it turned out, he saw the most action in any one year during his four-year career, playing in 108 games.
In that time he set career-bests across the board, hitting .243 with 45 hits in 185 at-bats, scoring 29 runs while driving in 16, with the only home run he’d ever hit.
After only 17 games in 1979, in which he hit .133, he appeared in only three games in 1980, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 0-3 at the plate.
Turns out that would be it for Beall in the Big Leagues, finishing up with a career .231 average, with 54 hits over 234 at-bats in 148 games, all but three with the Braves.