On the blog today, a "not so missing" 1975 card for Orlando Alvarez, who played parts of four seasons, including two games for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1974:
Alvarez went 0-1
at the plate in his one plate appearance, while putting in some time in
Left Field for the eventual National League champ Dodgers.
He made his MLB debut in 1973 with four games, going 1-for-4 at the plate, that first Big League hit a double.
He
would go on to play in another four games in 1975 before finding
himself as a California Angel in 1976, where he'd get into 15 games,
collecting seven hits over 42 at-bats, including the only two home runs
of his career, as well as runs batted in, eight.
He would
spend 1977 and 1978 bouncing around the Minors for four different
organizations before calling at a career, finishing up with a Big League
resume that included 25 games, with eight hits over 51 at-bats, good
for a .157 batting average, with four runs scored and eight RBI's.
