Wednesday, November 8, 2017

NOT SO MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 JIM McKEE

Here’s a “not so missing” 1974 card for former two-year pitcher Jim McKee of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who appeared in the last 15 games of his brief career during the 1973 season:


McKee, who had a very short two-game cup-of-coffee at the end of the 1972 season, came back the following year and got to throw 27 innings over the aforementioned 15 games, posting a record of 0-1 with a 5.67 earned run average.
That would even out his career record, finishing up with a 1-1 record as a Big League pitcher, with a 4.78 E.R.A., with 17 strikeouts over 17 appearances and 32 innings of work.
All but one of those appearances were out of the bullpen, starting the one game of his career during the 1973 season.

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