Super-fun card to add to the "WTHBALLS" stable, a 1979 career-capper for long-time Major League catcher Andy Etchebarren, who finished up a nice 15-year Big League stint with a handful of games as a Milwaukee Brewer:
Etchebarren appeared in four games for Milwaukee in 1978, hitting an even .400 with two hits in five at-bats.
It
was his only time with the Brewers after two and-a-half years with the
California Angels, who he went to after eleven and-a-half years with his
first team, the Baltimore Orioles.
Over his time with the
Orioles, Etchebarren was a part of two Championship teams in 1966 and
1971, while also participating in two more World Series, in 1969 and
1971.
Over his 15-year career, Etchebarren finished up with a
.235 batting average, with 615 hits in 2618 at-bats, spread out over 948
games between 1962 and 1978.
In 1965, his first on only
"full" season in the Majors, he even got MVP attention when he finished
in 17th place, making the first of his only two All-Star games.
