Friday, March 9, 2018

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 CHARLIE CHANT

Today’s “not so missing” card is for former St Louis Cardinal outfielder Charlie Chant, who appeared in 15 games during the 1976 season:


For Chant, turned out those 15 games were the last of his brief career, after appearing in the first five games of his career the previous season, with the Oakland A’s.
Over those 1976 games with St. Louis, Chant hit .143 with two hits over 14 at-bats, the only two hits of his Big League career.
He would end up spending the entire 1977 season in the Minor Leagues in the Cardinals system, splitting time between their Double and Triple-A teams, then calling it a career after hitting a combined .167.
He originally came up with the Oakland organization in 1969 as a 19-year old, playing through their system until his Major League debut in 1975.