Terrible Card Tuesday: 1972 Bobby Floyd

After the recent Illowa APBA League draft weekend, Chuck took me to his place while I waited for the train to downtown Chicago.  We did what most APBA guys would do with 15 minutes to kill… we looked at APBA cards. 

While doing so, I ran across this 1972 Bobby Floyd card.  Floyd was a utility man who played for the Orioles and the Royals between 1968 and 1974.  Quite frankly, most of his cards probably look a lot like this.  Low average, no power and probably not much defense. 

In 1972, Floyd got the most playing time with 134 at-bats.  He still didn’t hit well with a paltry .179 mark.  He only hit three doubles and that was the extent of his power.  As is true with a lot of Terrible Tuesday cards, his run total (9) may be elevated slightly since he was used as a pinch runner. 

Bobby Floyd gets hit numbers 6-7-8-8-8-9-9-10.  That gives him a 31-13 and a 51-39 or “up top” as we say.

Because of his dearth of hit numbers, we see some fly ball result numbers where we normally wouldn’t see them.  Floyd has a 35-30 and a 46-32.

Ugly numbers: 31-13, 51-39, 35-30

Floyd did pick it up in limited play the next year.  In 1973, he hit .333 in 78 at-bats.  He even hit his first extra base hit that wasn’t a double with one triple in his career.

thanks Chuck!!  Let’s play a game next time!!