Thursday, November 30, 2017

NOT SO MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 CHARLIE HUDSON

Here’s a “not so missing” 1976 card for a guy I already created a 1974 version of, former pitcher Charlie Hudson, who appeared in the last three games of his brief three-year career with the California Angels:


After spending the 1974 season in the Minors, Hudson made it back to a Big League mound in 1975, now as a member of the Angels after coming up with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1972 and suiting up for the Texas Rangers in 1973.
In those three appearances, one of them a start, Hudson was hit hard, giving up seven hits and six earned runs over 5.2 innings, getting tagged for a loss without a win.
That would be it for the 25-year-old lefty, as he would spend 1976 in the Minors before leaving the game for good as a player.
He finished his career with a record of 5-3 with a 5.04 earned run average over 40 appearances and 80.1 innings pitched, with 38 strikeouts, a shutout and a save thrown in.

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