NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 BOB DAVIS

Today's blog post has a "not so missing" 1979 card for former catcher Bob Davis, who at this point in time put in parts of five seasons with the San Diego padres since coming up in 1973:

 

The 1978 season was a typical one for Davis, appearing in only 19 games while hitting .200 with eight hits over 40 at-bats, scoring three while driving in two.

Originally up during the 1973 season, he never appeared in more than 51 games (1976) for the Padres in any one season, eventually going on to put in eight years in the Big Leagues.

Over that time he would play for the Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and California Angels between 1975 and 1981, hitting just below the “Mendoza Line”, finishing his Big League career with a .197 batting average, with 131 hits over 665 at-bats and 290 games.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 BOB DAVIS

Always fun to create 1974 “missing” cards of the San Diego Padres, as it also gives me a chance to create a “Washington Nationals” counterpart remembering the dilemma Topps had with the proposed move of the franchise before the 1974 season.
Today, it’s former catcher Bob Davis, who made his Big League debut in 1973 with five games, leading to the following two creations for the blog:

Davis collected one hit over eleven at-bats in that time, good for a .091 batting average, before heading back to the Minor Leagues where he’d play all of 1974.
He’d be back behind a Major League plate in 1975, appearing in 43 games and hitting .234 with 30 hits in 128 at-bats, and he would go on to play parts of the next six seasons in the Majors.
Over that time he would play for the Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and California Angels between 1975 and 1981, hitting just below the “Mendoza Line”, finishing his Big League career with a .197 batting average, with 131 hits over 665 at-bats and 290 games.
Speaking of the “Mendoza Line”, keep an eye out for a “missing” 1977 Mario Mendoza card later this week!