I should be sleeping, but I went to
www.paperofrecord.com. You can search every single Sporting News. It is AWESOME. Do not go there unless you have some spare time or want to stay up until 2am. You will get hooked.
Anyhow, I searched for Mr. Zeber and found 14 pages that he was mentioned in. Here is the stuff I found on him.
It is easy to get side tracked on this site while reading the articles!
Anyhow, I never found the answer, but it looks like he was out of baseball after that. I searched through 1988 and he was not even mentioned in the minor league batting records after that year.
4-22-1978 - Roy Staiger and George Zeber are among the infield prospects while Dell Alston and Darryle Jones are two standout outfielders. (Article on The Pacific Coast League)
4-22-1978 - Yankees - Optioned catcher Jerry Narron, pitcher Jim Beattie to Tacoma; sent George Zeber to minor league base for reassignment. (Pro transactions)
5-20-1978 - Tacoma - Activated third baseman George Zeber (from minor deals)
5-20-1978 - Mentioned in a game wrapup that he had 3 safeties for the Yankees. (what the hell is a saftie in baseball?) Also on same page it mentions in another game that the 1st three batters, Zeber, Dell Alston and Darryl Jones all had the same statistical line in the box score - six at bats, two runs, three hits and one RBI.
5-27-1978 - Batting records show him with 59 at bats, 15 hits, 1 HR and 7 rbis. .254 average. He is also mentioned in 3 game wrap ups for hitting a HR.
6-3-1978 - Batting records show him hitting .290 with 3 home runs in 69 at bats. Position is listed as 3B-DH
6-3-1978 - Yankees: Assigned infielder Brian Doyle to Tacoma, acquired infielder George Zeber from same club. (from pro transactions) The call up!
6-17-1978 - In an article entitled "Dandy Andy sends Yankees Dancing", it mentions that George and his Wife Duskie had their 1st child, Ryan, seven pounds and 10 ounces.
7-1-1978 - Article entitled 'Yankees Shoot for Moon, Bring Down Two Satellites", it mentions that Doyle was called up and Zeber was sent back down to the PCL club. Also this: The Yanks almost had the weirdest infield ever in the game with Seattle, June 14th. Paul Blair played the last inning at third, Graig Nettles at short when Jim Spencer batted for George Zeber in the 10th. Manager Billy Martin was left without a second baseman. If there had been an 11th, Thurman Munson would have gone to second base, but Blair hit a three run HR to win the game and save Munson from making his major league debut at scond. He played there at Syracuse in 1968. BTW, the article was about how they had tried to get Carew, but failed and got Gary Thomasson and Jay Johnstone instead.
8-12-1978 - Batting records show him hitting .265 with 3 home runs in 181 at bats for Tacoma. 2B
8-26-1978 - Batting records show him hitting .237 with 3 home runs in 224 at bats for Tacoma. 2B - On same page they have big article about Jerry Tabb, enjoying his job, terrorizing the league with a .368 average.
12-23-1978 - Article shows that George Earned $500 because the Yankees won the World Series. The starters on the team got around $31,000 each. On same page, a writer named Jack Lang said 'George Foster may be regarded as Cincinnati's greatest home run hitter ever.
8-23-1982 - Mentioned in a question to writer John Duxbury that was: In the early 70's, West Haven of the Eastern League had a powerhouse team managed by Bobby Cox. What members made it to the pros. Answer was: Tom Buskey, Larry Gowell, George Medich, Dave Cheadle, Jim Deidel, Tony Solaita, George Zeber, Otto Velez, Charlie Spikes and Wayne Nordhagen.