Up on the blog today to start off a new week, we have a "not so missing" 1970 card for former first baseman Bob Spence of the Chicago White Sox, who made his Big League debut in 1969 at the age of 23:
Spence,
who looks like he's actually some 40 year old accountant rather than a
23-year-old ballplayer here, appeared in 12 games, hitting .154 with
four hits over 26 at-bats, with three runs batted in.
He'd
play in 46 games in 1970, which turned out to be the most action he'd
see in any one of his three MLB seasons, hitting .223 with 29 hits over
130 at-bats, hitting four homers with 15 RBIs.
In 1971 he'd appear in only 14 games, the last action of his Major League career, hitting .148 with four hits over 27 at-bats.
He
would play parts of the next two years in the Philadelphia Phillies
Minor League system, but never get the shot at the big time again,
closing out with parts of three seasons, collecting 37 hits over 183
at-bats, with 13 runs scored and 19 RBIs along the way.
