NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 BOBBY FENWICK

Today we have a “not so missing” 1974 card for former infielder Bobby Fenwick, who played two seasons in the Major Leagues, the final one with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973:

Fenwick appeared in five games for St. Louis after coming over in a trade on November 28th of 1972 with Ray Busse for Skip Jutze and Milt Ramirez.
He collected a single and an RBI over six plate appearances, striking out twice while playing three games at second base.
He made his Big League debut the season before with the Houston Astros, appearing in 36 games and hitting .180 with nine hits in 50 at-bats while playing all the infield positions but first base.
After spending all of 1974 in the San Diego Padres Minor League system he called it a career and retired, finishing up with a .179 career average with 10 hits over 56 at-bats, with seven runs scored and five RBIs.

ANOTHER AIRBRUSH CLASSIC: 1973 BOBBY FENWICK...

Yeah there are many worse airbrush jobs by Topps out there, but for some reason I love the effort put in on the 1973 Bobby Fenwick card:

Big and bold….

The inexplicable shadowing around the "St.L" is priceless!

Also, Fenwick does fall into the "why?" category when it comes to Topps issuing him a card for their 1973 set.

As a rookie in 1972 for the Houston Astros, Fenwick appeared in 36 games, good for 50 at-bats.

He hit .180 with his nine hits, with three doubles and four runs batted in.

Was it really worth all the effort to get that airbrushing done for a guy who barely played the year before?

To top it all off, in 1973 he played a total of five games for St. Louis, getting a hit in six at-bats before leaving the game for good.

I LOVE stuff like this! Looking back and spotlighting cards like this is one of the main reasons this blog was created.

Hope you like it as well…

***Thanks to Mark, here's the full photo from the Topps Vault. You can really see the airbrush job in finer detail here...amazing. Thanks Mark!