NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 JACK PIERCE

Today we have a “Not So Missing” 1975 card for former first baseman Jack Pierce of the Atlanta Braves, who just played in his second season of Major League ball in 1974:

Pierce appeared in only six games for Atlanta, batting .111 with a hit over nine official at-bats, with a run scored thrown in.
This was after his MLB debut a season before when he appeared in 11 games, coming up to bat 20 times while collecting yet another lone knock.
In 1975 he’d find himself as a member of the Detroit Tigers, and get some decent playing time, appearing in 53 games while batting .235 with 40 hits in 170 at-bats, scoring 19 runs and driving in 22.
Sadly for him, that would be the last Big League action he’d see, as he would go on to play another 12 years of pro ball, but all split between the Minors, Japan and finally Mexico, where he played eight seasons before retiring as a player after the 1987 season.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 JACK PIERCE

Next up on the blog is a “Not So Missing” 1974 card for former Atlanta Braves first baseman Jack Pierce, who made his Major League debut during the 1973 season:

Pierce appeared in 11 games for the Braves in 1973, collecting a single over 20 at-bats while playing six of those games at first.
He’d go on to play another six games in 1974 before finding himself with the Detroit Tigers in 1975, playing in 53 games and hitting .235 with 40 hits in 170 at-bats, with eight home runs and 22 runs batted in.
But after that time with the Tigers, he’d go on to play two seasons in both the Mexican and Japanese Leagues in 1976 and 1977 before coming back to America in 1978, where he’d play for the Seattle Mariners organization for two years, never making the Big Leagues however.
After those two Minor League seasons for the Mariners, he went back and played in the Mexican League for the next eight years, retiring for good as an active pro player in 1987.
Overall, as a Major League player, Pierce batted .211 with 42 hits over 199 at-bats in 70 games between 1973 and 1975, with 20 runs scored and 22 RBIs along with eight home runs.