Up on the blog today, we go with a "missing" 1976 card for outfielder Angel Mangual, who put together a seven year career as a part-time player, all but one season as an Oakland Athletic:
It
was "perfect timing" for Mangual, as he was a part of three straight
World Champion teams as a guy off the bench for the juggernaut A's team
that brought it all home between 1972 and 1974.
Never
appearing in more than 115 games in a season (1974), Mangual gave the
A's a versatile player who could play the infield and outfield.
Originally
up with the Pittsburgh Pirates with six games in 1969, he was back on a
Major League field in 1971 as an Oakland Athletic for the next six
years, hitting .245 over 450 games, with 304 hits in 1241 at-bats, with
22 homers and 125 runs batted in, scoring 122 runs and stealing five
bases.
After his Big League career was up in 1977 he'd put in a
few seasons between the Mexican and Puerto Rican leagues, finishing his
pro career in 1979.
