On the blog today, we have a career-capping “not so missing” 1974 card for former first baseman/outfielder Joe Hague, who played what turned out to be the last games of his six-year Big League career in 1973 as a member of the Cincinnati Reds:
Hague, who came over to the Reds during the 1972 season after playing
the first four-and-a-half years of his career with the St. Louis
cardinals, hit .152 over 19 games in 1973, with five hits in 33 at-bats,
with two runs scored and an RBI.
Over his career, the only full-time action he saw was in 1970 and 1971
when he appeared in 139 and 129 games respectively, with 1970 the best
year of his career, hitting .271 with 122 hits, 58 runs scored and 68
RBIs, all career-bests.
All told, by the time he retired, he finished with a .239 average, with
286 hits in 1195 at-bats over 430 games between 1968 and 1973.
