Today
we have a “not so missing” 1978 card for former Detroit Tigers
infielder Mark Wagner, who was entering his third Major League season by
the time this card would have been out:
Wagner appeared in 22 games for Detroit in 1977, hitting .146 with seven
hits over 48 at-bats while playing mainly shortstop with some second
base thrown in.
He would spend nine seasons in the Big Leagues as a guy off the bench,
playing five years with the Tigers, three with the Texas Rangers and one
with the Oakland A’s, which was in 1984, his last year.
All told, his final numbers looked like this: a .243 career average with
205 hits over 843 at-bats and 414 career games, scoring 81 runs while
driving in 71.