Good topic. The best I could do with players whose image I have is Danny Musser, who played the final three innings of a September 18, 1932 Sunday loss to Cleveland-- his only appearance in a big-league game. Danny might not have played that day either, but since it was the first game of a doubleheader and the team was down 7-1 after 6 innings, they gave 3b Ossie Bluege the rest of the game off. Musser had no fielding chances but went 1-2, advancing a runner who would score, and thus finished his career with a .500 batting average (1.000 as a pinch hitter!)
Here's an 8x10" George Burke photo of the inimitable Mr. Musser:
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