On
the blog this fine day we have a "not so missing" 1976 card for former
MLB catcher Joe Nolan, who made it back to the Majors with four games
for the Atlanta Braves:
Nolan made his Big League debut in 1972 with the New York Mets, appearing in four games for them at the age of 21.
Nolan went 0-10 at the plate over that first taste of the Big Leagues,
but he’d do a bit better than that over the course of what turned out to
be a nice 11-year career spanning 1972 and 1985 as a catcher off the
bench, mainly for the Atlanta Braves and Baltimore Orioles, with stints
for the Mets and Cincinnati Reds.
For
the Braves in 1975 he'd go 1-for-4 at the plate, his first hit being a
single, before spending all of 1976 in the Minors and making it back for
good in 1977.
By the time he retired after the 1985 season he finished with a .263 career average, with 382 hits over 1454 at-bats in 621 games.
He was also a member of the 1983 World Champion Orioles, contributing nicely with a .277 batting average while filling in behind the plate for Rick Dempsey.
By the time he retired after the 1985 season he finished with a .263 career average, with 382 hits over 1454 at-bats in 621 games.
He was also a member of the 1983 World Champion Orioles, contributing nicely with a .277 batting average while filling in behind the plate for Rick Dempsey.
