NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 MARVIN LANE

Up on the blog today is the FIFTH card I have created for Marvin Lane, former outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, who put in a generally part-time five-year Big League career between 1971 and 1977. This card closes out that career, a 1973 edition:

Between 1971 and 1974 he played 72 games, the bulk of which was in 1974 when he played in 50 games, batting .233 with 24 hits and 16 runs scored while driving in nine, all career-highs.
He actually spent all nine years of his pro career in the Detroit organization, and when when he retired for good after the 1977 season he finished with a Major League batting average of .207, with 37 hits in 179 at-bats, with three homers and 17 RBIs, scoring 23 runs.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 MARVIN LANE

Up on the blog today we have a fourth “not so missing” card for former Detroit Tigers outfielder Marvin Lane, this one a 1974 edition:

Lane appeared in only six games for the Tigers in 1973, going 2-for-8 at the plate for a .250 batting average, with a home run and two runs batted in.
In 1974 he’d see the most action of any of his five Big League seasons when he appeared in 50 games, with 124 plate appearances, hitting .233 with two homers, nine RBIs and 16 runs scored.
All told, he'd finish with a .207 career average with 37 hits and 23 runs scored over 90 games and 210 plate appearances, with three homers and 17 RBI's, all while playing for the Tigers before heading to Mexico to play one last pro season in 1977 for the Mexico City Tigers.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 MARVIN LANE

Today I post up a 1977 “not so missing” card for career Detroit Tigers outfielder Marvin Lane, who played the last of his MLB games during the 1976 season:

Lane appeared in 18 games that year, batting .188 while collecting nine hits over 48 at-bats, driving in five while scoring nine.
It was a return to a Big League field after spending all of 1975 in the Minors, the first year without any MLB action since 1970.
Between 1971 and 1974 he played 72 games, the bulk of which was in 1974 when he played in 50 games, batting .233 with 24 hits and 16 runs scored while driving in nine, all career-highs.
He actually spent all nine years of his pro career in the Detroit organization, and when when he retired for good after the 1977 season he finished with a Major League batting average of .207, with 37 hits in 179 at-bats, with three homers and 17 RBIs, scoring 23 runs.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 MARV LANE

Here’s a 1972 card for former career Detroit Tigers outfielder Marv Lane, who made his Major League debut during the 1971 season with a scant eight games:

In those eight games, Lane hit .143 with a couple of hits over 14 at-bats, with an RBI and walk thrown in.
He would only play in eight more games the following season, followed by six in 1973 before getting the most action of his five-year career in 1974 when he played in 50 contests, batting .233 with 24 hits, 16 runs scored and nine RBI’s.
After playing in the minors during the 1975 season, he made it back to the big leagues in 1976, playing in the final 16 games of his career, batting .188 with nine hits in 48 at-bats, closing out his MLB tenure with a .207 average, 37 hits, 23 runs scored and 17 RBI’s over the course of 90 games.

MISSING IN ACTION-1975 MARVIN LANE

Here is a missing 1975 Topps card I created for former Detroit Tiger Marvin Lane.

Take a look:

Lane played in 50 games during the 1974 season, easily the most action he ever saw during his five-year career, all with Detroit.

For the year, he batted .233 with 24 hits over 103 at-bats, scoring 16 runs with four doubles, a triple and two homers while driving in nine.

In the three previous years he played in only 22 games total, and after missing the 1975 season he would come back in 1976 to appear in 18 games in Motown before closing the books on his Major League playing time.

All told, he'd finish with a .207 career average with 37 hits and 23 runs scored over 90 games and 210 plate appearances, with three homers and 17 RBI's.