Terrible Card Tuesday: 1976 Skip Jutze

I won’t blame you if you don’t know who Alfred “Skip” Jutze is.  I’m a fan of 1970s baseball and even I couldn’t place the name.  Judging by his hitting numbers in the majors, it’s easy to see why.  In his six year career, he managed a .215 batting average and his best season was in 1973 when he batted 278 times for a .223 average and drove in 18 runs for the Houston Astros.

Three years later in 1976, the catcher could only muster a .152 mark in 97 plate appearances.  He did however, hit 3 triples to go along with his two doubles.

Jutze’s 1976 card wouldn’t be a bad card to bunt with; he has five 13s.  However, there are only four on-base numbers against an A pitcher, the two 0s and the two 14s.  After that, he has 8-8-9-9 before we get to the 15-36.

if you can roll a 66 or an 11, Jutze does have twenty-two 2s in the second column.  That includes four in a row between 55 and 62.  Other than that it’s all 6s with the exception of a 4 at 21.

One note of irony:  while he didn’t have the at-bats he did in 1973, Jutze’s last year in the majors in 1977 was statistically one of his best.  After five homerless seasons, he hit three that year and batted a Cobb-esque .220 while driving in 15 runs in only 109 at bats.