MISSING IN ACTION 1974 LARRY HOWARD

Here’s a “missing” 1974 card for a player I already created a 1973 card for, former catcher Larry Howard:

I created the 1973 card a while back, showing him as a Houston Astros player, and today we have him as an Atlanta Brave, as he split the 1973 season with both teams.
Turns out that 1973 season would be his last in the big leagues, appearing in 24 games, with only four in Atlanta, on his way to a .161 batting average with nine hits in 56 at-bats.
That would close out a short four year career that had him play 133 games, hitting .236 with 86 lifetime hits in 365 official at-bats.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 LARRY HOWARD

A while back I created a 1973 “missing” card for catcher Larry Howard, and today I go ahead and present a 1972 card I created for the former Houston Astro:

Granted he only had about half the playing time he had for the ‘73 version, but I came across this other image of him so why not?
In 1971 Howard appeared in 24 games and batted .234 based on his 15 hits over 64 at-bats with a couple of home runs and a surprising 14 runs batted in. Not bad for only two dozen games.
As a matter of fact he also drove in 16 runs in only 31 games in his rookie year of 1970 as well, which comes to about 80+ over the course of a full season.
It was the 1972 season which would see him get the most playing time during his 4-year career when he played in 54 games and had 175 plate appearances, hence my 1973 version previously.
He would only play in another 24 games in 1973, split between the Astros and the Atlanta Braves, which would mark the last games he’d suit up for on the Major League level.
All told he finished with a .236 average with 86 hits over 365 at-bats in 133 lifetime games before playing out his pro career in the Minors until 1976.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 LARRY HOWARD

Here's a guy that really should have had a card in the 1973 set, former catcher Larry Howard of the Houston Astros. So I designed one, check it out:

Howard played in 54 games during the 1972 season, with 175 plate appearances on his way to a .223 batting average with 35 hits, 16 runs scored and 13 runs batted in.

I actually feel that Howard should have had cards in the 1972 and 1974 sets as well, so watch for those in the future as I tacked them on to "the list" too.

Howard's Major League career would span 1970 thru 1973, playing all but four of his 133 lifetime games for Houston, as he closed out his short career playing for Atlanta at the tail end of his final season.

His final numbers: 86 hits with 36 runs scored, 47 runs batted in and six homers, with 19 doubles and a .236 average.