Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1971 card for former outfielder Larry Biittner, he of that crazy unique last name, as he made his Big League debut with two games in 1970:
Biittner
(that surname always mesmerized me as a kid!), went 0-2 at the plate in
his MLB debut, but was back the following season when he appeared in 66
games for the Washington Senators in their final season before
relocating to Arlington Texas, becoming the Texas Rangers in 1972.
In his 1971 season he hit .257 with 44 hits in 171 at-bats, scoring 12 and driving in 16 at the age of 24.
He'd
get a full season in during 1972, playing in 137 games and hitting .259
with 99 hits in 382 at-bats, scoring 34 runs and driving in 31.
For some reason he was left out of the ‘74 set even though he played in 83 games during the 1973 season.
In that campaign he he collected 65 hits over 258 official at-bats. Good for a .252 average with a homer and 12 runs batted in.
He’d go on to play straight through to the 1983 season before retiring, a nice 14-year career that saw him hit a very respectable .273 with 861 hits in 3151 at-bats in 1217 games
I’ll always remember him as a Chicago Cubs player, for whom he suited up between 1976 and 1980, even though he also played for the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos and Cincinnati Reds.
In that campaign he he collected 65 hits over 258 official at-bats. Good for a .252 average with a homer and 12 runs batted in.
He’d go on to play straight through to the 1983 season before retiring, a nice 14-year career that saw him hit a very respectable .273 with 861 hits in 3151 at-bats in 1217 games
I’ll always remember him as a Chicago Cubs player, for whom he suited up between 1976 and 1980, even though he also played for the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos and Cincinnati Reds.
