Up on the blog today, we have a “not so missing” 1976 card for former Atlanta Braves 1b-OF Bob Beall, who made his Big League debut in 1975:
Beall appeared in 20 games for Atlanta in 1975, hitting .226 over that
time with seven hits in 31 at-bats, with two runs scored and a run
batted in.
He wouldn’t be back to the Majors again until the 1978 season, when as
it turned out, he saw the most action in any one year during his
four-year career, playing in 108 games.
In that time he set career-bests across the board, hitting .243 with 45
hits in 185 at-bats, scoring 29 runs while driving in 16, with the only
home run he’d ever hit.
After only 17 games in 1979, in which he hit .133, he appeared in only
three games in 1980, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 0-3 at the
plate.
Turns out that would be it for Beall in the Big Leagues, finishing up
with a career .231 average, with 54 hits over 234 at-bats in 148 games,
all but three with the Braves.
