Pizarro appeared in 17 games split between the Chicago Cubs and Astros, going 2-3 with a bloated 7.24 earned run average over 27.1 innings, all but one out of the bullpen.
He’d go on to appear in seven more games in his career, as a Pittsburgh Pirate in 1974, thus closing out a very respectable 18-year stint in the big leagues, finishing up with a 131-105 record along with a 3.43 ERA in 488 appearances, 245 of them starts.
His best seasons were back-to-back for the Chicago White Sox in 1963/64 when he won 16 and 19 games with ERA’s of 2.39 and 2.56 respectively, giving him his only two all-star berths.
Previously, I have also created missing 1970 and 1973 cards for him, and if I can find a decent enough image of him with the Pirates from 1974, I’ll whip up a “not really missing” ’74 edition as well.
