Today the blog offers up a 1975 "not so missing" card for former pinch-hitter extraordinaire Jose Morales of the Montreal Expos, who appeared in just over two dozen games during the 1974 season:
Morales
was in his second taste of the Big Leagues in 1974, collecting seven
hits over 26 at-bats for a .269 batting average while putting in some
time behind the plate for the Expos after splitting his initial Major
League season with Oakland and Montreal the year prior, playing in
eleven games.
Never
a full-time player, he'd find his groove as a bat off the bench,
specializing as a pinch-hitter with some success in the role.
Of course if any of you remember the 1977 set, you’ll remember that
Morales set a new Major League record for pinch-hits in a season in 1976
when he collected 25, breaking the record held by Dave Philley and Vic
Davalillio, appearing on a “Record Breaker” card in the set.
He would play twelve seasons in the Big Leagues, finishing up with a nice .287 career batting average with 375 hits over 1305 at-bats between 1973 and 1984.
He would play twelve seasons in the Big Leagues, finishing up with a nice .287 career batting average with 375 hits over 1305 at-bats between 1973 and 1984.
