Lewallyn’s career is an odd one, in that he had “cups-of-coffee” eight times! Never getting a chance to put in significant time in any one season during his eight-year run.
His 1977 season for the National League champ Los Angeles Dodgers could be considered his best, as he posted three of his four career wins when he went 3-1 with a 4.24 earned run average over five appearances while collecting his only MLB save.
He’d finish his playing career after the 1982 season, playing for the Cleveland Indians, again appearing in only a handful of games in 1981 & 1982, seven and four respectively, going 4-4 with a 4.48 E.R.A., 28 strikeouts and a save over 80.1 innings and 34 appearances.
He never pitched in more than seven games in any one season, while appearing in only one in 1978, yet playing in every season nonetheless between 1975 and 1982.
Does anyone remember another player who played in as many seasons consecutively, yet only appeared in so few as well?