Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1976 card for former outfielder Jerry Mumphrey, who appeared in a scant eleven games for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1975 season:
Mumphrey hit a blistering .375 over those eleven games, going 6-for-16 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI as a 22-year-old.
In 1976 he’d finally get substantial playing time, hitting .258 over 112
games with 22 stolen bases, a common theme throughout the rest of his
career.
In 1980 he’d have arguably his best year, playing with the San Diego Padres and hitting .298 with a career-high 168 hits and 52 stolen bases.
By the time he retired after the 1988 season he finished with a very nice .289 career average, with 1442 hits in 4993 at-bats over 1585 games, stealing 174 bases and scoring 660 runs, with one All-Star nod, that in 1984 while with the Houston Astros when he drove in a career-high 83 runs.
I was a fan of his while he played for the New York Yankees between 1981 and the first part of 1983, as he hit over .300 while giving the Yanks a bit of speed on the base paths with some pop every now and then.
In 1980 he’d have arguably his best year, playing with the San Diego Padres and hitting .298 with a career-high 168 hits and 52 stolen bases.
By the time he retired after the 1988 season he finished with a very nice .289 career average, with 1442 hits in 4993 at-bats over 1585 games, stealing 174 bases and scoring 660 runs, with one All-Star nod, that in 1984 while with the Houston Astros when he drove in a career-high 83 runs.
I was a fan of his while he played for the New York Yankees between 1981 and the first part of 1983, as he hit over .300 while giving the Yanks a bit of speed on the base paths with some pop every now and then.
