On the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1973 career-capper for former outfielder/first baseman Mike Fiore, who played the last of his Big League games in 1972, splitting the season between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres:
Fiore
combined to hit .063 with one hit over 16 at-bats in his abbreviated
season, appearing in 24 games, 17 with the Cardinals and seven with the
Padres.
Originally up with the Baltimore Orioles in 1968, the
only season he saw any significant action was in 1969 when he played in
107 games for the new Kansas City Royals franchise, setting career-highs
across the boars, hitting a respectable .274 with 93 hits over 339
at-bats, hitting 12 homers while driving in 35.
Over the
course of his five seasons in the Majors, Fiore hit .227 playing for
Baltimore, Kansas City, the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis and San Diego,
collecting 126 hits over 556 at-bats spread out over 254 games, with 75
runs scored and 50 RBIs.
