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.