Wednesday, August 11, 2021

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 BOBBY WINE

Let's go and give former Major League infielder and Manager Bobby Wine a "not so missing" 1973 career-capper shall we? Here you go:


Wine finished up a 12-year playing career in 1972, appearing in 34 games for the Montreal Expos, for whom he played between 1969 and 1972.
A light-hitting, good fielding type, Wine took home a Gold Glove in 1963 as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and led the league in fielding in 1967.
In 1970, playing with the Expos, Wine participated in a (then) record 137 double-plays, the only season in his career that can really be considered a "full" season of work.
Over the course of his career he hit .215, with 682 hits in 3172 at-bats spread out over 1164 games playing for Philadelphia and Montreal.
Post playing career he got into coaching, and even managed the Atlanta Braves for 41 games during the 1985 season, going 16 and 25 in that time.