NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 JOE GODDARD

Here’s a fun card to add to my growing 1973 “missing” or “not so missing” family: my card for former catcher Joe Goddard, who played the only games of his brief Major League career in 1972 with the San Diego Padres:

Goddard appeared in 12 games for the Padres, hitting an even .200 with seven hits over 35 at-bats with a couple of doubles and a couple of RBI’s in that time.
Originally drafted in the 8th round of the Amateur Draft in 1971 out of Marshall University by San Diego, he’d spend all six years of his pro career in their organization between 1971 and 1976, never getting another chance to play in the Big Leagues besides that brief run of 1972.