Here’s
a “missing” or “not so missing” 1977 card for pitcher Mike Proly, who
appeared in 14 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976, albeit for
only 17 innings of work, all is relief:
Getting his first taste of the Major Leagues, Proly would go 1-0 over those 14 games, with a 3.71 earned run average.
He wouldn’t get any action in the Big Leagues the following year,
spending all of 1977 in the Minnesota Twins Minor League system, before
making it back in 1978, but now as a member of the Chicago White Sox,
for whom he’d pitch the following three years.
He had a nice season for the Pale Hose, starting six of the 14 games
he’d see action in and going 5-2 with a 2.74 E.R.A., completing two of
his starts and picking up a save as well.
That was precisely the role he’d have with Chicago, and the rest of his
career, pitching mainly out of the bullpen with an occasional spot start
here ans there for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981 and the Chicago
Cubs for his final two MLB season in 1982 and 1983.
All told he finished his career with a record of 22-29, along with a
nice 3.23 E.R.A., 22 saves and 185 strikeouts over 267 appearances and
545.2 innings pitched.