Today's blog post has a special request custom created for my buddy Max, who wanted a 1979 "dedicated rookie" for former Chicago White Sox catcher Mike Colbern:
Happy to oblige!
Colbern
really could have had a dedicated card in the 1979 set instead of a
slot in one of those horrid black and white multi-player rookie cards
based on his 48 games during the 1978 season, his Big League debut.
Over those 48 games, he hit a very nice .270 with 38 hits over 141 at-bats, driving in 20 while scoring 11 runs himself.
In
1979 he'd be back, but only appearing in 32 games for the White Sox,
hitting .241 with 20 hits in 83 at-bats, spending the bulk of the year
with Iowa in Double-A ball.
Sadly for him, he'd never make it
back to the Majors, playing the next three years in the Minors for both
Chicago (A.L.) and the Atlanta Braves before calling it a career after
1982.
All told, he finished up his MLB tenure with a .259
batting average, collecting 58 hits over 224 at-bats in 80 games,
driving in 20 and scoring 16.