On the blog today, a "not so missing" 1972 card for former Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Bernie Smith, who played the last of his Big League games in 1971:
Smith put in parts of
two seasons in the Major Leagues, finishing up with 15 games in 1971,
hitting .139 with five hits over 36 at-bats, with a run scored and three
RBIs.
His debut was a season earlier when he played in 44
games over the 1970 season, the first for the Brewers organization after
relocating from Seattle.
He would spend all of 1972 with Evansville in Double-A ball, but never make it back to the Big Leagues, retiring soon after.
All told, Smith would finish with a .232 batting average, collecting 26 hits in 112 at-bats over 59 games.
