Been meaning to add this “not so missing” card to the blog for some time now, a 1977 Terry Whitfield edition for the former outfielder:
Whitfield appeared in one single game for the New York Yankees during
the 1976 season, playing out in left field for two innings without
getting a plate appearance.
Turns out it would be the last appearance for Whitfield as a Yankee
before finding himself out West playing for the San Francisco Giants,
for whom he’d play through the 1980 season, getting legitimate playing
time.
Over those next four years with the Giants he never hit below .285, with
a high of .296 in 1980 before taking his talents to Japan where he
would play the next three years with Seibu.
In 1984 he’d be back in the Majors, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers,
where he would play the final three years of his Big League career,
though never more than the 87 games in ‘84 before dropping to 79 and
finally 19 games in 1986.
He would go on to play another two years in the Minors, but never get a
shot back in the Big Leagues, finishing up his 10-year career with a
very nice .281 average, with 537 hits over 1913 at-bats, along with 33
homers and 179 RBIs in 730 games between 1974 and 1986.
