On
the blog today, a fun card to create, a 1979 “not so missing” example
for two-year Major League catcher Greg Mahlberg of the Texas Rangers:
Now, stating “two-year” is being generous when you consider that
Mahlberg played in one game during the 1978 season, his first taste of
the Big Leagues. In that one game he went 0-1 at the plate, putting in
four innings behind the plate defensively.
He’d be back in 1979, appearing in seven games this time, going 2-for-17
at the plate for a batting average of .118 with two runs scored and an
RBI on his first and only home run.
He’d go on to play three more years in the Minors from 1980 through
1982, but never get a shot back a Major League game, finishing his Big
League tenure with a .111 average, with two hits over 18 official
at-bats in eight games.