Today the blog brings you a 1975 "not so missing" card for former Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sixto Lezcano, who started his Big League career with a handful of game during the 1974 season:
Lezcano appeared in 15 games that year, hitting .241 with 13 hits over 54 at-bats, hitting two homers and driving in nine.
He
would go on to have some pretty nice years with the Brewers, the high
point being 1979 when pretty much set career-bests across the board with
28 homers, 101 RBIs, 84 runs scored and a very nice .321 batting
average.
That season also brought him his only Gold Glove and some MVP consideration by year's end, finishing in 15th place.
In
1981 he found himself a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, where he
played for one season, before going to the San Diego Padres for a year
and a half, then to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1983 and 1984, and
finally one year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, which turned out to be his
last in the Majors.
He would play one year in Japan, this in
1987 with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, appearing in only 20 games before
retiring for good.
All told, for his Major League career Lezcano hit an admirable .271 with 1122 over 4134 at-bats, with 148 homers and 591 RBIs in 1291 games.
