NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 KEN RUDOLPH

Time to add my “not so missing” 1977 card of former catcher Ken Rudolph to the blog today, showing him as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he suited up in 1976:

He appeared in only 27 games during the Bicentennial year, hitting .160 with eight hits in 50 at-bats, with a run scored and five runs batted in.
Rudolph played the first five years of his career with the Chicago Cubs, coming up during that tumultuous 1969 season, and would see the bulk of his MLB action with the organization.
Never more than a back-up catcher, he would see the most of his MLB action between 1972 and 1974, appearing in 173 of his career 328 Big League games, playing for the Cubs, Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and Orioles.
By the time he retired after the 1977 season when he split the season between the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles, he finished with a career average of .213, with 158 hits in 743 at-bats, along with 64 runs batted in and 55 runs scored with six homers thrown in.