Hello everyone!
On the blog today, we
revisit my "missing" 1975 card for long time infielder Dick McAuliffe,
which originally appeared here on the blog on October 22nd of 2014:
Here's my original write-up for the card way back when:
The long time Detroit Tiger infielder was wrapping up a nice
16-year career in 1975, appearing in only seven games for the BoSox.
However in 1974 he did appear in 100 games for Boston, batting .210 over 316 plate appearances.
Those two seasons would be the only ones where McAuliffe didn't
suit up for the Tigers, for whom he played between 1960 and 1973 manning
both second and shortstop.
He made three consecutive all-star teams between 1965 and 1967, and
even finished seventh in MVP voting in 1968 when the Tigers won it all.
All told he batted .247 for his career, with 197 homers and 697 runs batted in over 1700 games.
