NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 GAYLEN PITTS

On the blog today, a 1976 "not so missing" card for former Oakland A's infielder Gaylen Pitts, who played the last of his Big League games during the 1975 season:

 

Pitts appeared in only 10 games for Oakland in 1975, going 1-for-3 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI in that limited play.

The previous season he made his MLB debut, appearing in 18 games for the eventual World Champs, hitting .244 with 10 hits in 41 at-bats, scoring four while driving in three.

Sadly for him that would be it in the Big Leagues, as he’d go on to play a couple more seasons in the Minor Leagues for Oakland and the Chicago Cubs before retiring as a player after 1977.
Later on he’d go on to coach and manage in the Minor Leagues, while also coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals under Joe Torre between 1991 and 1995.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 GAYLEN PITTS

Today we have a 1975 “not so missing” card for former Oakland A’s infielder Gaylen Pitts, who played the first handful of Major League games of his brief two-year career in 1974:

Pitts appeared in 18 games for the eventual three-time World Champion A’s, batting .244 with 10 hits over 41 at-bats, while playing some first, second and third base.
The following season he’d appear in 10 games, but only getting three plate appearances, in which he went 1-for-3 with a double, run scored and RBI.
Sadly for him that would be it in the Big Leagues, as he’d go on to play a couple more seasons in the Minor Leagues for Oakland and the Chicago Cubs before retiring as a player after 1977.
Later on he’d go on to coach and manage in the Minor Leagues, while also coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals under Joe Torre between 1991 and 1995.
Today he is still in baseball, serving as a special assistant to the coaching staff for Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, pushing 55 years in the Big Leagues in some capacity or another.