Today on the blog, a 1979 "not really missing in action" card for outfielder Tom Spencer of the Chicago White Sox:
Spencer's
entire Major League career consisted of 29 games over the Summer of
1978, hitting .183 with 12 hits in 65 at-bats, with three runs scored
and four runs batted in while putting in time in all three outfield
spots.
Aside from his brief MLB tenure, Spencer put in 12
years in professional ball, playing for the Cincinnati reds, White Sox
and Houston organizations between 1970 and 1981.
Over that
Minor League time he hit .272 with over 1000 hits and 173 stolen bases,
but only got that one taste of the Major League sun in 1978, which of
course any of us could only dream of!
Cheers Tom!
