Saturday, March 31, 2018

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 DAVE LEONHARD

Here’s a 1973 “not so missing” card for former Orioles pitcher Dave Leonhard, who wrapped up a six-year Major League career in 1972 with 14 appearances:


Leonhard, who spent all of his Big League time with the Orioles, didn’t factor in a decision while pitching to a 4.50 earned run average over 20 innings of work.
Over his career, which began in 1967, he went 16-14 with a nice 3.15 ERA over 117 appearances, 29 of them starts, while throwing 337 innings.
He saw his most single-season action in 1968 when he posted a record of 7-7 over 28 games, with an ERA of 3.13 with two shutouts in 126.1 innings.
Not a bad time to come up with the Baltimore organizations, as he was a member of three World Series bound teams in his six seasons, appearing in two of them: 1969 and 1971.