Up for sale is a rare vintage Mike Tyson MSA Blank Back Baseball Card Disc of this St. Louis Cardinals infielder. It is one of 70 discs in the extremely difficult to find "blank back" and "unbranded" test promotional set.  It is from a set break.

The disc is in acceptable condition, which is judged to be "very good" n this instance.   Please read the description very carefully. There are surface scratches/indentations, stains/soiling, miscellaneous dots/marks, corner/perimeter wear,  and discoloration/yellowing due to age. There's "bowing" as the disc does not lay flat.  Please see photos for more information.

Following its test issue of 1975, Michael Schechter Associates ran out its baseball player disc issues on a large scale in 1976. The unnumbered set contains 70 "blank back" baseball card discs. Most sets issued by MSA were sold with specific sponsor advertising on back, they were also made available with blank backs. This was done as a "test" before branding the discs for various companies as promotional items. The disc for sale is one such disc.

The discs are 3-3/8" diameter with a black-and-white player portrait photo in the center of the baseball design. A line of stars is above, while the left and right panels feature one of several bright colors. Produced by MSA under license from the Major League Players Association, the player photos have had uniform and cap logos removed.

Michael Ray Tyson (born January 13, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. He played in the majors from 1972 to 1981 for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs.

Tyson was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft and made his MLB debut with St. Louis on September 5, 1972. He was a regular in the Cardinals' lineup until the end of the 1979 season when he was traded to the Cubs for relief pitcher Donnie Moore.

An underrated defensive player, Tyson finished in the top ten in the National League in dWAR (defensive wins above replacement) in 1974 and 1977. His best offensive season came in the injury-shortened 1976 campaign, when he compiled career highs with a .286 batting average and a .445 slugging percentage while missing about half the season.

Tyson was released by the Cubs on March 15, 1982, at which point he retired from baseball. His lifetime batting average was .241 (714-for-2959) with 27 home runs and 269 RBI.

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