NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION-1974 FREDDIE VELAZQUEZ

Today’s blog post has a “not so missing” 1974 card for the first Dominican catcher to play in the Major leagues, Freddie Velazquez, who played the last of his MLB games in 1973 with the Atlanta Braves:

Velazquez, whose only other Big League season occurred in 1969 as a member of those one-year wonder Seattle Pilots, appeared in 15 games for Atlanta in 1973, hitting a robust .348 with eight hits over 23 at-bats.
In his MLB debut of 1969, he played in six games with the Pilots as a 31-year-old rookie, collecting two hits over 16 at-bats, good for a .125 average.
A career Minor Leaguer, Velazquez made his American Pro debut back in 1958 in D-Ball with Panama City as a 20-year-old, going on to play 14 years in the lower levels before making it to the Big Show.
Nevertheless, over his brief two-year MLB career, he finished with a .256 average with 10 hits in 39 at-bats over 21 games.