Time
for yet another “missing” card for a guy who I have already created a
couple of others over the years, former catcher Tim Blackwell, who
started off his Major League career with the Boston Red Sox in 1974 but
didn’t get a spot in Topps 1975 set:
Blackwell appeared in 44 games for the Red Sox in 1974, hitting .246
over 122 at-bats, collecting the first 30 hits of what turned out to be a
10-year career.
Never really a full-time player, the bulk of his MLB tenure was with the
Chicago Cubs between 1978 and 1981, where he had his best year, in 1980
when he played in 103 games, hitting .272 with 87 hits and setting
personal bests in pretty much every category because of the extra
playing time.
After a couple of years with the Montreal Expos in 1982 and 1983, he
retired, finishing up with a career .228 average, with 238 hits in 1044
at-bats in 426 games.