NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 BILLY BALDWIN

Here’s a “not so missing” 1977 card for brief New York Mets outfielder Billy Baldwin, a player for whom I already created a 1976 “missing” card as a member of the Detroit Tigers a while back:

After a bit more than a “cup-of-coffee” with the Tigers during the 1975 season, where he appeared in 30 games in his first taste of the big leagues, Baldwin found himself in Queens, NY as a member of the Mets, where he’d get into a scant nine games, batting .273 with six hits over 22 at-bats.
Turns out those two seasons would be the only action he’d get to experience in the Majors, closing out a brief career with a .231 batting average with 27 hits in 117 at-bats with 10 extra base hits.
He’d hang on and play a couple more seasons in the minor leagues, for both the Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates, before playing in the Mexican League in 1980 for Tabasco, before closing out an eight-year pro career.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 BILLY BALDWIN "1976 PROJECT"

Here's a "missing" 1976 card as part of my "1976 Project" for "Reader Jim" for former outfielder Billy Baldwin of the Detroit Tigers.

Check it out:

Baldwin had a brief two year career, 1975 playing for the Tigers and 1976 in a scant nine games for the New York Mets.

During that 1975 season in Motown, Baldwin played in 30 games, hitting .221 over 95 official at-bats with 21 hits, seven of which went for extra bases.

Sure he doesn't necessarily "deserve" a card in the (awesome) 1976 set based on this amount of playing time, but I've been thinking lately that as long as there's an image out there of a player, ANY player, that appeared in a Major League game the previous season, why not go and create a card?

Of course this means my "What Were They Thinking" thread becomes a moot point. But I've been thinking that a truly FULL representation of players who appeared in Major League games the year before may be the way to go.

What do you all think?

Could be fun to have cards of guys that even had a brief one-game "career" in the big leagues!