Today on the blog we go and give former Chicago Cubs outfielder Jim
Tyrone a "not so missing" 1976 card, after getting the "WTHBALLS"
treatment with a "not so missing" 1975 card over six years ago:
Tyrone
appeared in only 11 games for the Cubs during the 1975 season, hitting
.227 with five hits over 22 at-bats while playing left field.
He
would spend all of 1976 in the Minors, playing for Wichita in
Double-A, before making it back to a Major League game in 1977, now as a
member of the Oakland A's.
Ironically, his time with the A's
provided him the most action he'd see in any Big League season,
appearing in 96 games and getting 294 at-bats, hitting .245 with 72
hits, five home runs and 26 RBIs.
However, after spending all
of 1978 in the Minors again, he decided to take his talents to Japan,
where he would play for both Seibu and Nankai between 1979 and 1982,
hitting as many as 35 homers in a season (1980), before retiring for
good at the age of 33.
All told, on the Major League level,
Tyrone finished with a .227 batting average, collecting 92 hits over 405
at-bats, with 52 runs scored and 32 RBIs in 177 games between 1972 and
1977.
