From ten years ago on the blog, today we revisit a
"missing" 1976 card for former California Angels infielder Winston
Llenas, part of the "1976 Project" I worked on for my buddy Jim:
Llenas appeared in 56 games for the Halos, hitting .186 with 21
hits over 113 at-bats while playing five different positions plus some
DH-ing.
The action he saw in 1975 would be the last of his career, all spent with the Angels since he came up in 1968.
He didn't play in 1970 or 1971, so over the six seasons he did see
action in the Majors, he hit .230 with 122 hits over 531 official
at-bats, spread over 300 big league games.
In 1973 he led the American League with 16 pinch-hits and 56
pich-hit at-bats, while seeing the most action in any season he played,
78 games.
He then went on to play a year in Japan, for the Taiheiyo Club in
1976, hitting .227 before going to to play, coach and manage in the
Dominican Republic for years, eventually getting inducted into the
Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
