Fun card to add to the blog today, and one that was included in my Series 13 set printed up a month or so ago, a 1978 "career-capper" for the "Toy Cannon", Jim Wynn, who closed out a very nice Big League career with some games as a Milwaukee Brewer in 1977:
Wynn
appeared in 36 games for Milwaukee after starting the season with the
New York Yankees, hitting .197 while hitting .143 for New York, a
combined .175 figure over 66 games total.
He put up some solid years during his excellent 15-year Big League run between 1963 and 1977.
Eight times he'd top 20 homers, with three of them 30+, while also
driving in 100+ runs twice, scoring 100+ runs four times and topping 100
walks six times, two seasons of which he'd lead the National League,
with a high of 148 in 1969.
While slugging away, he was also a threat on the base paths, as
he'd go on to swipe a total of 225 before retiring, with a high of 43 in
1965.
After those handful of games with the Milwaukee Brewers in the latter
half of 1977, he called it a career, finishing with 1100+ runs scored,
1665 hits, 291 homers and 964 runs batted in, with a .250 average thrown
in.
Just a solid, overlooked player from the era that deserves a spotlight for his excellent career!
