Thursday, August 27, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 MIKE TYSON

Up on the blog today is a “not so missing” 1973 card for 10-year Major League infielder Mike Tyson, who started his Big League career with 13 games in 1972 for the St. Louis Cardinals:


Tyson hit .189 over that limited action as a 22-year-old, collecting seven hits over 37 at-bats while playing both second and short.
He’d have a full season in 1973, hitting .243 over 144 games and 506 plate appearances, scoring 48 runs while driving in 33 with 144 hits in 469 official at-bats.
He’d play eight years for the Cardinals before moving on to the Chicago Cubs for what ended up being the last two years of his career in 1980 and 1982.
Overall, in his ten years as a Major Leaguer, Tyson finished with a .241 batting average, with 714 hits in 2959 at-bats, with 281 runs scored and 269 RBIs in 1017 games.