Thursday, December 14, 2023

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1975 BILL STEIN

Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for Bill Stein, who appeared in a Baker's Dozen games for the Chicago White Sox during the 1974 season:


Stein hit .279 for the Pale Hose that year, collecting 12 hits in 42 at-bats while pretty much playing everywhere defensively.
He would go on to put in 14 years in the Big Leagues, and 1977 would be the only one of them that was a true full-season, appearing in 151 games for the new organization, with exactly 600 plate appearances.
He put in a nice season, hitting .259 with 13 homers and 67 runs batted in, along with 144 hits and 53 runs scored.
All except the batting average were easily career-highs in a career that spanned 1972 through 1985.
He’d finish his career with a .267 average with 751 hits over 2811 at-bats, appearing in 959 games.