Today’s
blog post has a “not so missing” 1975 card for former Phillies pitcher
Ron Diorio, who had a two-year Major League career encompassing 25 games
between 1973 and 1974:
Diorio played in only two games during the 1974 season, with the rest during his MLB debut in 1973.
Over those two seasons he did not factor in a decision, while sporting an earned run average of 3.10.
His 1973 season was pretty good considering he fashioned an ERA of 2.33
over 19.1 innings with a save, striking out 11 batters while walking
six.
Nevertheless, between 1975 and 1977 he’d toil in the Minors for the
Montreal Expos and New York Yankees, never getting that change back up
in the Big Leagues again, retiring for good at the age of 30.