Today on the blog we have a career-capping 1976 card for former All-Star infielder Dick McAuliffe, who closed out a very nice 16-year career with seven games for the Boston Red Sox in 1975:
The long time Detroit Tiger infielder collected only two hits over 15
at-bats for the Red Sox before calling it a career at the age of 35,
with an RBI and a walk.
However in 1974 he did appear in 100 games for Boston, batting .210 over 316 plate appearances.
Those two seasons would be the only ones where McAuliffe didn't
suit up for the Tigers, for whom he played between 1960 and 1973 manning
both second and shortstop.
He made three consecutive all-star teams between 1965 and 1967, and
even finished seventh in MVP voting in 1968 when the Tigers won it all.
All told he batted .247 for his career, with 197 homers and 697 runs
batted in over 1700 games, with 1530 hits and 888 runs scored and a
World Championship with the 1968 Tigers, who defeated the defending
champion St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.