Up on the blog today, we have a 1979 "not so missing" card for
former Big League infielder Mickey Klutts, who saw brief action during
the 1978 season as a member of the New York Yankees:
Klutts
appeared in one single game for the Yanks during their World Champion
1978 season, and he made the most of it, going 2-for-2 at the plate with
a double and a run scored.
It was the third year in a row he
got a taste of the Big Leagues, appearing in two games in 1976 and five
games during the 1977 season.
In 1979 he would find himself a
member of the Oakland A's, where he would play the next four years
before one final season in 1983, as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Never
a full-time player, the most action he ever saw in one season was 1980
when he played in 75 games for Oakland, hitting .269 with 53 hits in 197
at-bats, scoring 20 and driving in 21, all career-bests.
By
the time he retired after the 1983 season he finished with a .241 career
average, with 129 hits in 536 at-bats, scoring 49 runs while driving in
59, hitting 14 homers over 199 games.
