Next up in my on-going 1972 All-Star sub-set is the starting shortstop for the National League in the classic 1971 Midsummer classic, New York Met Bud Harrelson:
Harrelson made his
second straight All-Star team in 1971, arguably his two best seasons in
the Big Leagues, in which he got MVP consideration at the end of the
year, as well as winning his only Gold Glove.
The typical
"light-hitting/good fielding" middle infielder of the time, he gave the
Mets a solid glove man up the middle between 1965 and 1977 before taking
his leather to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1978.
By the time
he retired after the 1980 season after one year with the Texas Rangers,
he finished with a career .236 average, with 1120 hits in 4744 at-bats,
with 539 runs scored, 127 stolen bases and 267 RBIs over 1533 games.
