#734 Bob Burda

Career could be called a AAA+...Periodic reserve role stints in the big leagues…could play 1^st or the outfield…Product of the University of Illinois….Started with St. Louis in the late fifties…AAA farmhand for most of the sixties ….Got real first taste of MLB with the Giants, where he had his best power figures…Got the most playing time with the first year Milwaukee Brewers…In 1971 returned to St Louis organization hitting .296 ….his average was buoyed by the fact he had the most pinch hits in the NL that year with 14 …Traded to Boston on March 20, 1972 …. Had the odd occurrence of being released by team on August 25……then re signed by the team a month later with a week and half to go in the season but never played…Released for good on Oct 27….and left baseball …Card back drop  was Yankee stadium so it is probable the photo was taken when he was a Brewer.