NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 BOBBY BROOKS

Here’s a “not so missing” 1973 card for former Oakland A’s outfielder Bobby Brooks, who made it back to the Majors in 1972 after a year in Minor League ball:

Brooks appeared in 15 games for Oakland during the 1972 season, batting .179 with seven hits over 39 at-bats while filling in at centerfield.
In 1973 he’d find himself as a member of the California Angels, where he’d play the last four games of his brief four-year Big League career, collecting a single over seven at-bats.
Overall, he retired with a .231 batting average, with 33 hits over 143 at-bats spread out over 55 games, while playing all three outfield slots for Oakland and California.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 BOBBY BROOKS

Time to go and give former California Angels outfielder (albeit for all of four games in 1973) a “not so missing” 1974 card to cap-off his brief four-year career:

Brooks, who played the first three years of his Big League career with the Oakland A’s, came over to the Angels from the Tigers, who originally purchased Brooks from Oakland, and flipped him for Bruce Kimm.
He’d only play in the aforementioned four games for the Angels, going 1-for-7 mainly as a pinch-hitter, with one game out in the outfield.
The following year he’d find himself out of pro ball completely, though I don’t really know why, before going on to play in the Mexican League for both the Chihuahua and Aguascalientes clubs in 1975.
For his Major League career, he finished with a .231 career average, with 33 hits over 143 at-bats in 55 games, with five homers and 20 runs batted in.