Time
to go and give former Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Rob Ellis a third
“missing” card on the blog, this one a “not so missing” variety, and I
have to say I never realized he never got a Topps card for any of his
three Big League seasons:
Not that he ever played a substantial amount in any of the three years
he suited up, but I could have sworn he was at least on a multi-player
rookie card.
Nevertheless, Ellis appeared in six games in what turned out to be his
last taste of the Majors, 1975, hitting .286 with two hits in seven
at-bats.
He would go on to play another five years in the Minors, but never get
another crack at a Major League game, finishing his limited time under
the Big League sun with a .229 average, with 38 hits in 166 at-bats over
64 games between 1971 and 1975, all with Milwaukee.