Next up in BWoC, outfielder Brett Carroll. I actually used to own a game-used Brett Carroll Brewers jersey. I got it from the Brewers pro shop before the Miller Park 5-K for something like $25. I ended up selling on eBay after it hung in my closet for a year or so.
As a Brewer: Probably the most forgettable part of the 2011 NL Central championship team, Carroll appeared in two games with the Brewers. He batted three times, struck out once, and never reached base. He actually only played in one of those games (a start in CF, no less). In the other he was announced as a pinch hitter, then called back when the Giants changed pitchers.
For his career: Carroll appeared in six different seasons, with the Marlins, Brewers, and Nats. In 324 career PAs, he hit five homers and batted just a tick over the Mendoza line. He did, however, rack up 1.6 defensive WAR - an elite number given his limited playing time.
His Cardboard Stats:Two appearances - in the 2007 '52 Rookie set and 2007 Topps update.
Why no Brewers Cards? Because I wore his Brewers jersey to more games (three or four) than he did.
Next Best Thing? I'm in the minority here, but I do not like the '52 design. I'll go with the nearly-as-ugly update instead.
This is a new feature I want to do here at S'74 - highlighting some of the 100ish players who have appeared in a game for the Milwaukee Brewers, yet left behind no cardboard to prove it. This is an offshoot of my on-going All-Time Brewers Project, and you can view my need lists for that (as well as the BWoCs) here.
First up is outfielder Jim Edmonds.
As a Brewer: He appeared in 73 games during the 2010 season after not playing in 2009. He hit pretty well as a Brewer, hitting eight homers and batting .276. He was traded to the Reds in a waiver wire deal in August for outfielder Chris Dickerson, oddly enough, another BWoC.
For his career: A borderline-borderline Hall of Famer. Edmonds played 17 years, a 4-time All Star, won eight gold gloves, and finished with a career 132 OPS+ - the same as Jackie Robinson and Joe Morgan.
His cardboard stats: Over 4,500, per the trading card database.
Why no Brewers Cards? He probably should have been featured in the 2010 Brewers police set, but was somehow left out. Since he didn't play in 2010, he was left out of that year's Topps flagship and then, by the time Update came around, he was with the Reds.
The next best thing? I'll go with this '10 update card, it mentioned the trade from the Brewers on the back, even if it doesn't list his stats with Milwaukee. This was the last card issued of Edmonds as an active player.
