A RE-DO OF ONE OF MY OWN: 1978 KEN McMULLEN

Over five years ago I created a “Missing” 1978 card for former infielder Ken McMullen, who closed out a nice 16-year MLB career in 1977 after a stint with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Since then I’ve found a much nice photo, this one a Topps photograph, and am taking the opportunity to recreate the card to make it more “authentic”:

I’ll always jump at the chance to use actual Topps photos to create cards, and this was a nice improvement over my initial effort.
As I stated earlier, McMullen wrapped up a nice 16-year Major League career in 1977, appearing in 63 games, good for 151 plate appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers, hitting .228 with five homers and 19 R.B.I.'s.
It was the only year for him in Milwaukee after two stints of three years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, five-plus years with the Washington Senators, three years with the California Angels and a season with the Oakland A's.
McMullen was a solid player who finished his career with a .248 lifetime average, 156 home runs, 606 runs batted in and 568 runs scored over 1583 games with 5131 at-bats.
The most success he had were his years in Washington, which saw him as their full-time third baseman between 1965-1970.
The 1969 season was arguably his best year as he hit .272 with 19 homers and 87 R.B.I.'s along with 83 runs scored and 25 doubles.
One last tidbit: he hit a pinch-hit home run in his last Major League at-bat.
Not a bad way to go out!

ONE OF THE GREATEST CARDS OF THE DECADE; 1971 KEN MCMULLEN

Recently when I asked everyone what their favorite card of the decade was, there were lots of surprises, and even MORE expected choices.
And ONE mention in particular made me happy since it seems to be forgotten, yet is so freaking cool it deserves a post to it’s awesomeness: the 1971 Ken McMullen card:

Man what a perfect in-game photo, and to top it off it shows old Yankee Stadium AND the flag pole and monuments in the outfield!! To my knowledge I don’t know of any other cards that show that! (anyone know of others?).
Fantastic card from a fantastic set!
So many great action cards from this set, yet I can’t figure out why Topps botched action cards the following couple years so much (especially their "In Action sub-set of 1972!).

MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 KEN McMULLEN

Today we complete the "baseball card career" of former third baseman Ken McMullen with a "missing" 1978 Topps card:

McMullen wrapped up a nice 16-year Major League career in 1977, appearing in 63 games, good for 151 plate appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers, hitting .228 with five homers and 19 R.B.I.'s.

It was the only year for him in Milwaukee after two stints of three years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, five-plus years with the Washington Senators, three years with the California Angels and a season with the Oakland A's.

McMullen was a solid player who finished his career with a .248 lifetime average, 156 home runs, 606 runs batted in and 568 runs scored over 1583 games with 5131 at-bats.

The most success he had were his years in Washington, which saw him as their full-time third baseman between 1965-1970.

The 1969 season was arguably his best year as he hit .272 with 19 homers and 87 R.B.I.'s along with 83 runs scored and 25 doubles.

One last tidbit: he hit a pinch-hit home run in his last Major League at-bat.

Not a bad way to go out!