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.