On
the blog today, a “not so missing” 1972 card for former outfielder Von
Joshua, who appeared in just under a dozen games for the Los Angeles
Dodgers during the 1971 season:
Joshua went 0-7 at the plate with two runs scored for the Dodgers in
that brief action, this after hitting .266 the previous year when he
appeared in 72 games, collecting 29 hits over 109 official at-bats.
He’d spend all of 1972 in the Minors before making it back for good in
1973, going on to play until 1980 when he appeared in 53 games for the
San Diego Padres.
His finest season would have to be 1975 when he hit .318 for the San
Francisco Giants, pretty much setting career highs across the boars with
runs, hits, average, doubles, triples and stolen bases.
Overall, over his ten seasons in the Big Leagues, Joshua finished with a
.273 average, with 610 hits in 2234 at-bats over 822 games.