Today on the blog we have a career-capping 1974 card for former infielder Alan Gallagher, who played what turned out to be the last of his MLB games in 1973 with the San Francisco Giants and California Angels:
After
five games with the Giants to start the 1973 season, Gallagher was
traded down the road to the Angels for Bruce Miller on April 14th, where
he'd end up playing 110 games and doing well, hitting at a .273 clip
while playing all infield spots except first base.
Gallagher had a decent rookie year in 1970, hitting .266 over 109 games for the San Francisco Giants while manning third base.
Those
numbers were good enough to tab him the rookie All-Star at third base,
leading to the beauty of a prototype card you see here.
Though
he did have another decent year in 1971, hitting .277 over 136 games,
setting career bests across the board in what turned out to be a brief
four year career, he'd never play at that level again, splitting time in
1973 with the Giants and California Angels before playing ball in
various Minor Leagues, as well as Mexico.
His final MLB
numbers: four years and 442 games, hitting .263 with 114 runs scored,
333 hits and 130 RBIs, seeing most of his time at third base.
