Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1970 card for former infielder Luis Alcaraz, one of the "original" Kansas City Royals from their inaugural 1969 season:
Alcaraz, who
played his first two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1967 and
1968 in a part-time role, was purchased by the new Royals franchise just
before their first season of operation.
In that initial
season with K.C., Alcaraz appeared in only 22 games, hitting .253 with
20 hits in 79 at-bats with 15 runs scored and seven runs batted in.
He'd
be back in 1970 with the Royals, playing in 35 games and hitting .167,
collecting 20 hits over 120 at-bats, which would end up being the last
Big League action of his brief four-year career.
He'd put in
two years in the Minors before playing the final eight years of his
professional career South of the border in Mexico, playing up until the
age of 40 in 1981.
For his Major League career, he hit .192 over 115 games, with 70 hits in 365 at-bats, scoring 30 while driving in 29.
