On the blog today we have a career-capping "not so missing" 1975 card for former first baseman Gonzalo Marquez, who played in what turned out to be his last Major League games during the 1974 season with the Chicago Cubs:
Originally up to the Big Leagues in 1972 with the eventual World Champion Oakland A's, Marquez appeared in 11 games fore the Cubs in 1975, going 0-11 at the plate with a run scored.
Never a full-time player, his best season was his
rookie year when he hit .381 over 23 games as a 32-year-old, with eight
hits in 21 at-bats with two runs scored and four runs batted in.
Post-MLB, he did stick around pro-ball and play in the Mexican League through the 1979 season, though I can't dig up any stats.
Overall
for this MLB career, Marquez finished with a .235 batting average, with
27 hits in 115 at-bats in 76 games for the A's and Cubs.
