Up on the blog this fine day, a "do-over" for one-year Big Leaguer John Matias and his 1971 Topps card, which originally had him as a Kansas City Royal, a team he'd never actually play for:
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| Do-over |
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| As-issued by Topps |
Matias
came up to the Majors in 1970, appearing in 58 games for the Chicago
White Sox and hitting .188 with 22 hits in 117 official at=bats.
In
the off-season he would be traded to the Royals along with Gail Hopkins
for Pat Kelly and Don O'Reilly and spend the year in their Minor League
system before being purchased by the San Diego Padres before the 1972
campaign.
Again, he'd never suit up for his new team, playing
instead in their Minor League system before heading off to the Minnesota
Twins system for a handful of games in 1973.
In 1974 he
decided to try his hand in the Mexican League, playing the next five
years for Juarez and hovering around the .300 mark before playing for
Mexican City and Veracruz in 1979.
Incredibly, in 1980 the
Hawaii native would be back in the Padres' system, playing for this
"hometown" Hawaii Islanders for 12 games before calling it a career.
He definitely got his mileage over his career!
