On the blog today we have a 1970 "not really missing in action" card for All-Star shortstop Toby Harrah of the Washington Senators:
Harrah appeared in the first eight games of his career as a 20-year-old in 1969, going 0-1 at the plate while scoring four runs.
He
would spend all of 1970 in the Minors before making it back in 1970,
where he would stay for the next 16 years putting in a very solid career
that arguably has him as THE best shortstop in the American League
during the 1970s.
The four-time shortstop would top 20 home
runs five times while also topping 20 stolen bases four times, putting
in high on-base-percentages while also topping 100 walks in a season
twice, with over 80 base on balls another six times.
Very
underrated player who finished his career with just under 2000 hits at
1954, hitting .264 with 195 home runs and 238 stolen bases over 2155
games and 7402 at-bats.
While he was the A.L. starting
shortstop in the 1976 All-Star game, his 1977 campaign was even better
when he hit 27 homers along with 27 steals, leading the league with 109
walks and posting a .393 OBP.
Later in 1982 while with the
Cleveland Indians, Harrah would have another excellent season when he
scored 100 runs while collecting a career-best 183 hits, hitting .304
with 25 homers and 17 stolen bases.
Solid dude through and through!
