Wednesday, June 24, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 ROB ELLIS

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.