CAREER-CAPPER: 1981 VON JOSHUA

On the blog today, we have a career-capping 1981 card for Von Joshua, who had himself a decent 10-year Major League career between 1969 and 1980:

Joshua appeared in 53 games for San Diego in 1980, hitting .238 with 15 hits over 63 official at-bats, collecting seven RBIs while scoring eight.

Originally up with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he'd also play for the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers, with his finest season easily 1975 when he hit .318 for San Francisco, pretty much setting career highs across the board with runs, hits, average, doubles, triples and stolen bases.

By the time he retired, he finished with a nice .273 career average, with 610 hits in 2234 at-bats over 822 games, hitting 30 homers while driving in 184 runs, scoring 277 himself.

 

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 VON JOSHUA

On the blog today, a “not so missing” 1972 card for former outfielder Von Joshua, who appeared in just under a dozen games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1971 season:

Joshua went 0-7 at the plate with two runs scored for the Dodgers in that brief action, this after hitting .266 the previous year when he appeared in 72 games, collecting 29 hits over 109 official at-bats.
He’d spend all of 1972 in the Minors before making it back for good in 1973, going on to play until 1980 when he appeared in 53 games for the San Diego Padres.
His finest season would have to be 1975 when he hit .318 for the San Francisco Giants, pretty much setting career highs across the boars with runs, hits, average, doubles, triples and stolen bases.
Overall, over his ten seasons in the Big Leagues, Joshua finished with a .273 average, with 610 hits in 2234 at-bats over 822 games.