Up
on the blog today is the FIFTH card I have created for Marvin Lane,
former outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, who put in a generally
part-time five-year Big League career between 1971 and 1977. This card
closes out that career, a 1973 edition:
Between 1971 and 1974 he played 72 games, the bulk of which was in 1974
when he played in 50 games, batting .233 with 24 hits and 16 runs scored
while driving in nine, all career-highs.
He actually spent all nine years of his pro career in the Detroit
organization, and when when he retired for good after the 1977 season he
finished with a Major League batting average of .207, with 37 hits in
179 at-bats, with three homers and 17 RBIs, scoring 23 runs.