Here’s
a “not so missing” 1975 card for former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dave
Johnson, who played the first 11 games of his Major League career during
the 1974 season:
Johnson posted a record of 2-2 over those eleven games, all out of the
bullpen, with a very nice 2.93 earned run average in 15.1 innings
pitched, with two saves.
He’d appear in six games during the 1975 campaign before spending all of
1976 in the Minor Leagues. In those six appearances he’d go 0-1 with a
4.15 ERA in 8.2 innings of work.
He would make it back to the Big Leagues in 1978 and 1979, now as a
member of the Minnesota Twins, going 2-5 and 0-2 respectively in what
would end up being the last action on a Major League mound for his brief
four-year career.
Overall, he’d finish his stint in the Majors with a record of 4-10, with
an ERA of 4.64 over 53 appearances and 108.2 innings pitched.