MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 JOE LAHOUD

Today we have a “missing” 1977 card for former outfielder Joe Lahoud, who split the 1976 season between the California Angels and Texas Rangers:

Lahoud appeared in 80 games during the 1976 campaign, batting a combined .200 with 37 hits over 185 at-bats, definitely enough playing time to warrant a card in the 1977 set.
He would move on to the Kansas City Royals for his final two seasons of Big League ball in 1977/78, appearing in only 47 games for the American League West champs, finishing his 11-year career with a .223 average, with 429 hits over 1925 at-bats.
He’d also hit 65 homers while driving in 218 runs, scoring 239 himself over 791 appearances between 1968 and 1978.

ANOTHER AIRBRUSH JOB FROM THE 1970'S- 1974 JOE LAHOUD

Another one of those Topps airbrush jobs from the 1970’s today, the 1974 Joe Lahoud of the California Angels, formerly the Milwaukee Brewers:

From the original uncropped image you can clearly see the “Milwaukee” across his jersey, and with the convenient “up-shot” so common for Topps back then, all they had to do was a minor touch-up on the brim of his cap while cutting off the bottom of the photo.
Just like that we have Lahoud on his new team, for whom he’d end up playing the next two seasons before moving on to the Texas Rangers, then Kansas City Royals for the last three years of his Big League career.
All told Lahoud played 11-years in the Majors, the first four with the Boston Red Sox, ending up with a career average of .223 over 791 games, with 429 hits over 1925 at-bats while playing the corner outfield positions with some DH-ing thrown in.
Never a full-time player, the most appearances he ever made in a season was the 127 in 1974 for the Angels, to which he batted .271 with 88 hits and 44 runs batted in, all career-highs.