Terrible Card Tuesday: 1981 Mike Vail

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1981 Mike Vail is this week’s Terrible card.  I remember Mike as Chicago Cub but by 1981, he was playing for Cincinnati.  Unfortunately, not very well. 

Vail played in 31 games in 1981 for the Reds but didn’t start any of them.  He went 5 for 31 with no extra bases and no walks.  He struck out nine times and hit into one double play. 

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
1981 Totals 31 31 31 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 .161 .161 .161
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/30/2014.

 

Mike Vail’s 1981 card is the epitome of a Terrible Card.  He has no power numbers, he’s a rated as slow base runner, and he’s Fielding Three.  He only has seven total hit numbers on his card and zero walks.  To add insult to injury, he has three 24s. 

This all could be forgiven for a defensively demanding position like shortstop or catcher but alas, all this for an OF-1. 

Ugly numbers:  25-13, 66-7, 45-40

I figure Vail’s card works out to hit about .166 so APBA got as close as probably could to his real life average.

I might have to dig out Vail’s 1979 card since that would qualify as a Monster Card.  He batted .335 with 7 homers in 179 at-bats. 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

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