NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 GENE HISER

On the blog today, the third "not so missing" card created for former Chicago Cubs outfielder Gene Hiser here on the blog, this one a 1973 edition:

 

Hiser appeared in 32 games with Chicago during the 1972 season, hitting .196 with nine hits over 46 at-bats, scoring two and driving in four.

Originally up to the Majors in 1971 as a 22-year-old, he spent his whole Big League career with the Cubs between 1971 and 1975, hitting .202 with 53 hits in 263 at-bats over 206 games.

The most action he'd ever see in one season was 1973 when he played in 100 games, hitting .254 with 19 hits in 109 at-bats, hitting his only MLB homer while driving in six.

He would spend all of 1976 in the Cubs Minor League system, but would call it a career shortly after.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 GENE HISER

On the blog today we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for former outfielder Gene Hiser of the Chicago Cubs, who played in a dozen games during the 1974 season:

Hiser hit .235 over those 12 games, with four hits in 17 at-bats, with two runs scored and a run batted in.

Originally up to the Majors in 1971 as a 22-year-old, he spent his whole Big League career with the Cubs between 1971 and 1975, hitting .202 with 53 hits in 263 at-bats over 206 games.

He would spend all of 1976 in the Cubs Minor League system, but would call it a career shortly after.

 

MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 GENE HISER

Here’s a “missing” 1976 card for former Chicago Cub outfielder Gene Hiser, who played all five of his Major League seasons on the North Side of Chi-Town:

Hiser appeared in 45 games for the Cubbies in 1975, batting .242 with 15 hits in 62 at-bats, with eleven runs scored and six runs batted in with three doubles.
It would be the last Major League action he’d see after coming up with the organization in 1971 at the age of 22.
The most he played in any season was in 1973 when he got in 100 games, batting .174 with 19 hits over 109 at-bats, as he was generally used off the bench.
His career numbers added up to a .202 average with 53 hits in 263 at-bats over 206 games, with 34 runs scored and 18 RBI’s while playing all his defense in the outfield.
I personally always remember him as the guy pictured in the middle of the Burt Hooten 1972 Chicago Cubs rookie card, probably the first rookie card from that set I ever got years after it’s release.