NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 FRANK JOHNSON

Up on the blog today we have a “not so missing” 1972 card for former San Francisco Giants infielder/outfielder Frank Johnson, who played the last games of his Big League career in 1971:

Johnson appeared in 32 games for San Francisco in 1971, collecting only four hits over 49 at-bats for a dismal .082 batting average.
He would go on to play another three seasons in the Minor Leagues for the organization, but never get the call back up, leaving him with a career .211 average over 196 games in parts of six seasons, all with the Giants.
He had 92 career hits, with 47 runs scored and 43 runs batted in along with 10 extra base hits.
For me, I will always remember Johnson as the very first 1969 card I ever got as an 11-year-old “collector” in 1980 when I started to try and get at least one card for each Topps set.
I was lucky to find the Johnson card at an antique store in the ‘hood, along with 1970 cards of Jack Aker and Hank Allen, sending me home like I just hit the lottery! If I remember correctly the cards were a quarter each.
The good ole days!

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 FRANK JOHNSON

Today we have a “not so missing” 1970 card for former San Francisco Giants outfielder Frank Johnson, who spent all six years of his Major League career in San Fran:

Johnson appeared in only seven games during the 1969 season, collecting one hit over 10 at-bats along with two runs scored.
He would appear in a career-high (tied with 1968) 67 games in 1970, batting .273 with 44 hits and 31 runs batted in, also career-highs.
However in 1971 he would appear in what would end up being the last 32 games of his career, batting .082 with four hits over 49 at-bats, with four runs scored and five RBI’s.
He would go on to play another three seasons in the Minor Leagues, but never get back to Big League ball, retiring after the 1975 season.
All told, he finished with a career .211 batting average, with 92 hits over 436 at-bats in 196 games, all for the Giants between 1966 and 1971.