It's time to give former Dodger outfielder Willie Davis a "missing" 1972 in-action card.
So here's what I came up with:
Davis was coming off of one of his best seasons as a Major League
player, hitting .309 with 198 hits, 33 doubles, 10 triples and 10 home
runs for Los Angeles in 1971, leading to his first all-star nod and the
first of three consecutive Gold Glove Awards.
Two years later he would get his second, and actually last all-star
selection in an excellent 18-year career that has him topping 2500
hits, 1200 runs scored and 1000 runs batted in.
It's easy to forget what kind of career Davis actually had thanks
to contemporaries like Mays, Aaron, Robinson and Clemente manning
outfields during the same era.
By the time he retired after a handful of games in 1979, he suited
up for the Dodgers (1960-1973), the Expos (1974), the Rangers (part of
1975), the Padres (other part of 1975) and the California Angels (1979
after missing the 1978 season).
On a side-note, never knew he had the nickname "3-Dog". Kind of
like it, and it may need to have it's own "Nickname" card on this blog
in the future.
