NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 TONY MUSER

On the blog today, a “not so missing” 1979 career-capper for former first baseman (and future manager) Tony Muser, who played out his Big League career with 15 games as a Milwaukee Brewer in 1978:

Muser collected four hits over 30 official at-bats, finishing up with a .133 batting average, with five runs batted in and a double and triple thrown in.
He broke into the Big League in 1969 with a handful of games for the Boston Red Sox before moving on to the Chicago White Sox in 1971, where he’d play into 1975.
From there he went on to the Baltimore Orioles, for whom he’d suit up through 1977, never really playing full-time over his nine-year career.
By the time he retired, he finished with a .259 batting average, with 329 hits in 1268 at-bats, with seven homers, 117 RBIs and 123 runs scored in 663 games.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 TONY MUSER

Today we have a 1972 “no so missing” card for Tony Muser, who made it back to the Majors after spending all of 1970 in the Minor Leagues:

After spending all of 1970 in the Boston Red Sox Minor League system, he was back in 1971, now as a member of the Chicago White Sox, where he’d play into the 1975 season before getting traded to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Jesse Jefferson, before playing out his nine-year career with 15 games for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1978.
Never truly a full-time player, he retired with a .259 batting average, with 329 hits over 1268 at-bats in 663 games, with 123 runs scored and 117 RBIs.
He’d also go on to coaching and managing later on, heading the Kansas City Royals from 1997 and 2002, winning 317 games while losing 431.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 TONY MUSER

Here’s another one from the “who knew?” pile, my 1970 “not really missing in action” card for former first baseman Tony Muser, who I never realized originally started his MLB career with the Boston Red Sox in 1969:

Muser appeared in two games for Boston in 1969, his first taste of the Big Leagues, collecting a hit over nine at-bats with a run batted in.
After spending all of 1970 in the Minors, he was back in 1971, now as a member of the Chicago White Sox, where he’d play into the 1975 season before getting traded to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Jesse Jefferson, before playing out his nine-year career with 15 games for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1978.
Never truly a full-time player, he retired with a .259 batting average, with 329 hits over 1268 at-bats in 663 games, with 123 runs scored and 117 RBIs.