Let's go back in time and revisit my "missing" 1971 card for former
infielder John Donaldson, who could have gotten a card in the classic
set after seeing sufficient playing time in 1970:
Donaldson came back to play for the A's in 1970 after playing part of
1969 for the Seattle Pilots in their lone Major League season.
I had to resort to a little Photoshop trickery, airbrushing in an
Oakland A's logo to his cap since the image was actually of him in a
Kansas City A's uni.
The photo was too good to pass up, so I resorted to the digital
re-creation instead of using another, less appealing Oakland image.
In 1970, Donaldson appeared in 41 games, with 98 plate appearances
while hitting .247 with 22 hits with four runs scored and eleven runs
batted in.
He'd be out of Major League ball until the 1974 season, when he'd
make a brief reappearance with the A's, appearing in only 10 games for
the World Champions.
All told, Donaldson's career lasted 6-years, playing in 405 games,
with a .238 lifetime batting average, 96 runs scored, 292 hits and 86
RBI's over 1225 at-bats and 1380 plate appearances.
