Up
on the blog today we have a “not so missing” 1977 card for former Los
Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dennis Lewallyn, for whom I also created a 1978
edition a while back:
Lewallyn appeared in four games during the 1976 season, posting a record
of 1-1 with a nice 2.16 earned run average over 16.2 innings of work.
The 1977 campaign would go on to be the most action he’d see over his
eight-year Major League career, albeit still a small amount in the grand
scheme of things, as he’d pitch 17 innings over five appearances, with a
3-1 record and 4.24 ERA for the National League champs.
He’d pitch one season with the Texas Rangers in 1980, appearing in four
games, then moving on to the Cleveland Indians, for whom he’d pitch the
last two seasons of his career, appearing in 11 combined games between
1981 and 1982.
Overall, Lewallyn appeared in 34 Major League games, with a 4-4 record
and 4.48 ERA over 80.1 innings pitched, starting three of those games
and finishing 15.