While looking up background on managers and Tony LaRussa, I was surprised to find that his playing career ended with his release from the St. Louis Cardinals in September 1977.  His last game at the major league level was in 1973 with the Cubs, with one appearance as a pinch runner and scored a run.  He then journeyed AAA with the Pirates and then White Sox before he was traded to the Cards in December 1976 for one last year of AAA in exchange for Randy Wiles.

Randy Wiles made a total of five appearances in the majors in 1977, gave up just five hits and managed to "pitch for the cycle."  He gave up one homerun, one triple, one double,  and two singles.  He recorded one win, one loss, and one hold, and ended up with an ERA of 10.12 and a WHIP of 3.00.  He played one season of AAA after that and disappeared.

TLR ended his major league playing career with a BA of .199.  Just thought this an amusing piece of LaRussa trivia.  Clearly he increased his value as a manager.