NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 CRAIG ROBINSON

Today’s blog post has a 1973 “not so missing” card for former Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Craig Robinson, who has had a few cards created for the blog over the years:

Robinson made his MLB debut during the 1972 season with five games as a September call-up, hitting an even .200 with three hits in 15 at-bats.
Generally a player off the bench throughout his Major League tenure, he did play a full year in 1974 with the Atlanta Braves when he appeared in 145 games and hit .230 with 104 hits in 452 at-bats and 502 plate appearances, scoring 52 runs and driving in 29.
But besides that one season, the most action he’d ever see in any other year was 46 games the previous season while still with Philly.
Overall, he finished his career with a .219 batting average, with 157 hits in 718 at-bats, playing in 292 games with 80 runs scored and 42 RBIs.

 

 

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 CRAIG ROBINSON

Up on the blog today we have a fun “not so missing” 1977 card for former infielder Craig Robinson of the Atlanta Braves:

I love this image as it stands out a bit from the usual Topps images from the set, so I thought it’d make a great “card” for Robinson, who was about to play out his six-year Big League career.
For 1976, Robinson split the season between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves, appearing in only 30 games and hitting .267 with eight hits over 30 at-bats.
In 1977 he’d play in what turned out to be his last season in the Majors, appearing in  27 games and hitting .207 with six hits in 29 at-bats, with four runs scored and an RBI.
After playing a full season in the San Diego Padres Minor League system for 1978, he’d call it a career, which began as a 23-year-old in 1972 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Generally a player off the bench throughout his Major League tenure, he did play a full year in 1974 with the Braves when he appeared in 145 games and hit .230 with 104 hits in 452 at-bats and 502 plate appearances, scoring 52 runs and driving in 29.
But besides that one season, the most action he’d ever see in any other year was 46 games the previous season while still with Philly.
Overall, he finished his career with a .219 batting average, with 157 hits in 718 at-bats, playing in 292 games with 80 runs scored and 42 RBIs.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 CRAIG ROBINSON

Today we have a “not so missing” 1978 card for former infielder Craig Robinson, who played the last games of his six-year Major League career during the 1977 season:

Robinson appeared in 27 games for the Atlanta Braves in 1977, batting .207 with six hits over 29 at-bats, scoring four runs while driving in one.
Robinson made his Major League debut in 1972 with the Philadelphia Phillies, but only ever saw full-time action in 1974 when he played in 145 games for the Braves, hitting .230 with 104 hits in 452 at-bats.
For the rest of his career he played sporadically, finishing up with a .219 career average with 157 hits in 718 at-bats, playing in 292 games between 1972 and 1977 with the Phillies, Braves and San Francisco Giants.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 CRAIG ROBINSON

Here’s a “not so missing” 1976 card for former infielder Craig Robinson, who found himself back to a spot role after appearing in a career-high 145 games the previous season:

Robinson was coming off of a 1974 season that saw him amass 506 plate appearances with the Atlanta Braves, hitting .230 with 104 hits and 52 runs scored while manning shortstop.
But in 1975 he found himself traded to the San Francisco Giants for Ed Goodson in June and only got into 29 games the rest of the way, 39 total split between the two teams, hitting a dreadful .065 with three hits in 46 at-bats.
Funny enough, in 1976 he’d see himself back with the Atlanta Braves after starting the season with the Giants, and he’d play through the 1977 season, albeit again in spot role, appearing in only 57 games combined for what would end up being his final two seasons in the Big Leagues.
By the time he finished, Robinson finished with a career .219 batting average, with 157 hits in 718 at-bats, scoring 80 runs and driving in 42 in 292 games and 718 at-bats spread out over six seasons.