On the blog today, we have a 1978 "not so missing" card for former infielder Mike Edwards, who began his four year Major League career with seven games as a Pittsburgh Pirate in 1977:
Edwards went 0-6 at the plate with a run scored as a September call up, getting some action out at second base as well.
The
following year he found himself in Oakland, as a player to be named
later in a trade that involved Manny Sanguillen and Miguel Dilone.
He got full-time work with the A's in 1978 and 1979, appearing in 142 and 122 respectively, hitting .273 and .233.
His 1978 season was easily his best, as he also stole 27 bases while collecting 113 hits with 48 runs scored.
In
1980 he only appeared in 46 games, hitting .237 with 14 hits, 10 runs
scored and three RBIs in what turned out to be the last Big League
action he'd see over his brief career.
Between 1982 and 1984
he would take his talents to the Mexican and Japanese Leagues, and would
have a MONSTER last professional season in 1984 when he hit an
astounding .442 for Monterrey, collecting 153 hits in 346 at-bats.
Oddly however, that would be it, and his pro career was done at the age of 31 even with that incredible last year in Monterrey.
All
told, he finished his MLB career with a .250 batting average, with 220
hits and 94 runs scored over 317 games and 879 at-bats between 1977 and
1980.
