NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 JIM TYRONE

Today on the blog we go and give former Chicago Cubs outfielder Jim Tyrone a "not so missing" 1976 card, after getting the "WTHBALLS" treatment with a "not so missing" 1975 card over six years ago:

 

Tyrone appeared in only 11 games for the Cubs during the 1975 season, hitting .227 with five hits over 22 at-bats while playing left field.

He would spend all of 1976 in the Minors, playing for Wichita  in Double-A, before making it back to a Major League game in 1977, now as a member of the Oakland A's.

Ironically, his time with the A's provided him the most action he'd see in any Big League season, appearing in 96 games and getting 294 at-bats, hitting .245 with 72 hits, five home runs and 26 RBIs.

However, after spending all of 1978 in the Minors again, he decided to take his talents to Japan, where he would play for both Seibu and Nankai between 1979 and 1982, hitting as many as 35 homers in a season (1980), before retiring for good at the age of 33.

All told, on the Major League level, Tyrone finished with a .227 batting average, collecting 92 hits over 405 at-bats, with 52 runs scored and 32 RBIs in 177 games between 1972 and 1977.

 

MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 JIM TYRONE

Here's a 1975 "Missing in Action" card for Jim Tyrone, former outfielder for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A's.

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Tyrone played in 57 games during the 1974 season, good for 87 plate appearances with 15 hits over 81 at-bats.

That translated into a .185 batting average with a triple and three homers, as well as 19 runs scored and three RBI's.

Evidently he was used as a pinch-runner a bit since his runs scored outnumbered his hit total, even with his six base on balls that year.

He played little during the 1975 season before missing out the entire 1976 year, finding himself in Oakland for the 1977 campaign.

Thus with his playing time in '77 he got his Topps card the following year in the sweet 1978 set.

But he would never play another Major League game after 1977, playing a few more years in the Oakland Minor League system until 1979 before retiring for good.