MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 LUIS GOMEZ

Here’s a “missing” 1976 card for a guy who had a couple of missing inclusions in Topps sets in the 1970’s, former infielder Luis Gomez of the Minnesota Twins:

Gomez played in 89 games during the 1975 season, batting .139 (ugh) with 10 hits over 72 at-bats, scoring seven runs and driving in five.
OK, with those numbers I get why Topps left him out of the 1976 set.
But the previous year, he was coming off a rookie season of 1974 that saw him play in 82 games, with 186 plate appearances, hitting .208 with 35 hits over 168 at-bats, scoring 18 runs, which, though not stellar numbers, easily could have gotten him a card in the 1975 set, no?
Nevertheless, Gomez would go on to play eight-years in the Majors, hitting .210 over 609 games with 263 hits in 1251 at-bats for the Twins, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves before finishing up after the 1981 season.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 LUIS GOMEZ

Here’s a “missing” 1975 card for a guy who got shafted by Topps the first TWO seasons of his career, this being the first, former Minnesota Twins infielder Luis Gomez:

Gomez appeared in over 80 games in each of his first two Major League seasons: 1974 and 1975, yet Topps for some reason left him out of the following year’s sets, getting his first card in the 1977 set.
In 1974 Gomez made his Bog League debut, playing in 82 games and hitting .208 with 35 hits over 168 at-bats at the age of 22.
The following season he’d play in 89 games, hitting .139 with 10 hits over 72 at-bats, and yes, while I understand that he didn’t really “deserve” a card with those stats, for me it’s about playing time, and he certainly had enough to warrant cards in the 1975 and 1976 sets.
For Gomez, he’d go on to play eight seasons in the Big Leagues, finishing up with the Atlanta Braves in 1981, ending up with a career .210 average with 263 hits over 1251 at-bats in 609 games between 1974 and 1981.