NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 JERRY DaVANON

Here’s another “not really missing” card for former infielder Jerry DaVanon, who I created a 1974 card for a little while back here on the blog, today is a 1972 edition:

DaVanon played in 38 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1971, batting .235 with 19 hits over 81 at-bats for the American League champs.
But he’d go an spend all of 1972 in the Minors, splitting time in the Orioles and California Angels organizations before making it back to the Big Leagues in 1973.
He’d play the next five seasons, albeit sporadically, for the Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros before retiring for good after the 1977 season, finishing up with a .234 career average with 117 hits over 499 at-bats, with 73 runs scored and 50 RBIs.
His son Jeff would eventually also make the Majors, even playing for the California Angels like his dad, putting in eight seasons under the sun before retiring in 2007.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 JERRY DAVANON

Here’s a “not so missing” 1974 card for former infielder Jerry DaVanon, who appeared in 41 games for the California Angels in 1973 after spending all of 1972 in the Minors:

DaVanon made it back to the Big Leagues and hit .235 for the Angels in 1973 while playing three infield positions with a little DH-ing thrown in.
Originally up in 1969 with the new San Diego Padres, he then played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles before spending all of 1972 playing in both the Baltimore and California Minor League systems.
1974 would see him back with the Cardinals before he moved on to the Houston Astros for the 1975 and 1976 seasons, before having a third stint with St. Louis in 1977, albeit only nine games, the last of his MLB career.
All told, he finished up with a .234 career average over 262 games, with 117 hits in 499 at-bats, with 73 runs scored and 50 runs batted in over eight seasons.