Today's
blog post has my "not really missing" 1964 card for all-time second
baseman Joe Morgan, who made his Major League debut for the Houston Colt
.45's in 1963:
Morgan
appeared in eight games for the Colt .45's that season, hitting .240
with the first six hits of his illustrious career over 25 at-bats, also
stealing a base and scoring five runs.
For
Mr. Morgan, the man was just
beginning a run that would send him straight to the Hall of Fame, still
with his original team before eventually helping to build a juggernaut
of a team forever known as the "Big Red
Machine" when he was dealt to the Cincinnati Reds before the 1972 season
in a blockbuster trade.
Those Reds teams would win two straight World Series in 1975 and
1976, and field teams with the likes of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, George
Foster and Ken Griffey Sr.
By the time he retired after the 1984 season at the age of 40, he
finished with two MVP Awards, 10 All-Star nods, five Gold Gloves, 2517
hits, 1650 runs scored, 268 homers and a cool 689 stolen bases with 1865
walks.One of the all-timers right there at second base!
