NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 IKE HAMPTON

Today's blog post has a "not so missing" 1979 card for former catcher Ike Hampton, who appeared in just under two dozen games for the California Angels during the 1978 season:

Hampton played in 19 games that year, hitting .214 with three hits over fourteen at-bats while picking up a little time behind the plate and at first base.

Originally up with the New York Mets in 1974, he would play the rest of his abbreviated six-year Big League career with California, batting .207, with 28 hits over 135 at-bats, with four homers, 15 runs scored and 18 RBI’s, with most of his games as a catcher with some action at first, short and third.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 IKE HAMPTON

On the blog today we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for former catcher Ike Hampton, who made his Big League debut in 1974 with four games:

Hampton went 0-4 at the plate with a run batted in in what ended up being a sporadic six-year career that saw him play for the Mets and California Angels between 1974 and 1979.

Over that time he hit .207 over 113 games, with 28 hits in 135 at-bats, with 15 runs scored and 18 runs batted in.

Never a full-timer, the most action he ever saw in a season was in 1977 while with the Angels when he played in 52 games, hitting a very nice .295 with 13 hits in 44 at-bats.

 

MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 IKE HAMPTON

Here’s a “missing” 1976 card for former California Angels catcher Ike Hampton, who appeared in 31 games for the ‘Halos during the 1975 season:

Hampton, who originally came up with the New York Mets for four games in 1974, found himself on the West Coast the following year and hit .152 with 10 hits in 66 at-bats, with eight runs scored and four runs batted in.
He would only get into three games during the 1976 season, but would play in a career high 52 games in 1977, leading him to have a card in the 1978 set that I always remember.
He would do pretty well in ‘77, hitting .295 with 13 hits over 44 at-bats with three homers, five runs scored and nine RBI’s. But sadly for him it didn’t translate for much the rest of his career, which consisted of 19 games in 1978 and four in 1979, all with the Angels.
All told he would bat .207 during his six-year career, with 28 hits over 135 at-bats, with four homers, 15 runs scored and 18 RBI’s, with most of his games as a catcher with some action at first, short and third.