Saturday, November 29, 2014

MISSING IN ACTION-"IN ACTION" #16: 1972 MICKEY LOLICH

Let's give Detroit Tigers workhorse Mickey Lolich an "In Action" card in the 1972 set.
Take a look:


What a MONSTER year he had in 1971 huh?!
All Lolich put in for Detroit was a 25-14 record (39 decisions!), 2.92 earned run average, 308 strikeouts, four shutouts and 29 complete games in 45 starts! Good for an eye-popping 376 innings of work! 
Just incredible!
All of those numbers got Lolich a second-place finish in Cy Young voting at the end of the year, as well as a fifth-place finish in M.V.P. Voting.
By the time he hung up his cleats in 1979, Lolich posted a 217-191 record with a 3.44 E.R.A., 41 shutouts and 2832 strikeouts, which were the most for a left-hander at that point in history.