MISSING IN ACTION- 1971 HAWK TAYLOR

Here’s a “missing” 1971 card (and “Career Capper”) for Hawk Taylor of the Kansas City Royals:

Taylor put in an 11-year career between 1957 and 1970, even though the most action he ever saw in a season was back in 1964 as a member of the New York Mets when he appeared in 92 games.
Other than that he mainly got to play in about a few dozen games every year of his career, playing for the Milwaukee Braves (1957-1963), Mets (1964-1967), California Angels (1967) and Kansas City Royals (1969-1970).
For the 1970 season Taylor appeared in 57 games, batting .164 with nine hits over 55 official at-bats while splitting time behind the plate and first base.
For his career, Hawk batted .218, with 158 hits over 724 at-bats spread out over 394 games, just about 38 games a year.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 HAWK TAYLOR

Here’s a “missing” 1970 card for Kansas City Royal Hawk Taylor, one of the “original” Royals in their inaugural 1969 season:

Taylor appeared in 64 games for K.C., hitting a respectable .270 with 24 hits over 89 official at-bats.
What popped out at me was his 21 runs batted in on those 24 hits and 64 games. Not bad!
He’d close out his 11-year career with 57 games in 1970, with over a 100-point drop in batting average, to .164.
All told, while suiting up for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, California Angels and Royals, he hit .218 for his career, with 158 hits, 25 of them doubles and 16 homers, with 82 RBI’s and 56 runs scored in 394 games.