A DO-OVER OF ONE OF MY OWN CARDS- 1977 MISSING BUDDY BRADFORD

A few years ago I created a “missing” 1977 card for former White Sox player Buddy Bradford, “cheating” a little with an image that showed him in the (then) outdated classic red-and-white uniform instead of the newly adopted blue and white threads.
Since then I found a perfect image to use with appropriate attire, so here we go, a “fixed” 1977 card. But first, the original:

And now the corrected card:

Nevertheless, regardless of the uni, Bradford appeared in 55 games during 1976, with 184 plate appearances and a .219 batting average based on his 35 hits over 160 official at-bats.
He closed out a respectable 11-year career which saw him suit up for the White Sox three separate times, the Cleveland Indians, The Cincinnati Reds and  St. Louis Cardinals.
He hit .226 for his career with 363 hits in 1605 at-bats, with 50 doubles, eight triples and 52 homers on top of his 224 runs scored and 175 runs batted in.
Man, I do love that red and white White Sox uniform of the early 1970’s! Such a classic!

MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 BUDDY BRADFORD

Here’s a “missing” 1972 card for former outfielder Buddy Bradford, who finished the 1971 season as a member of the Cincinnati Reds after starting out with the Cleveland Indians that year:

Bradford actually played in 99 combined games in ‘71, batting .188 with 26 hits in 138 official at-bats, a decent amount of playing time to be omitted from the 1972 set.
He would go on to play through the 1976 season, finishing up with the Chicago White Sox and completing an eleven-year career that began with the very same organization in 1966.
His final career numbers were a .229 average with 363 hits over 1605 at-bats in 697 games, with 52 home runs and 175 runs batted in with 224 runs scored, playing for the White Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals and Reds.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 BUDDY BRADFORD

Here’s a fun card, particularly because of the uniform worn by the player on this “missing” card, a 1977 “Missing in Action” Buddy Bradford.
Take a look:
 

As you know the White Sox players were all sporting the new blue and white uni’s (some had to be airbrushed into them for lack of photos), but I just could not find an image of Bradford in one of them, perhaps because he never actually got to wear one since his career was over by the end of the 1976 season.
So here we have a unique 1977 White Sox card with a player sporting the red and white uniform that was already gone by the time the 1977 cards came out.
Nevertheless, Bradford appeared in 55 games during 1976, with 184 plate appearances and a .219 batting average based on his 35 hits over 160 official at-bats.
He closed out a respectable 11-year career which saw him suit up for the White Sox three separate times, the Cleveland Indians, The Cincinnati Reds and  St. Louis Cardinals.
He hit .226 for his career with 363 hits in 1605 at-bats, with 50 doubles, eight triples and 52 homers on top of his 224 runs scored and 175 runs batted in.