NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 RAY BARE

Here’s a “not so missing” 1975 card for former pitcher Ray Bare, who you may remember as a Detroit Tiger later on in his brief career, but for whom started as a St. Louis Cardinal for a couple dozen games before then:

Bare appeared in 10 games for the Redbirds in 1974 after spending all of 1973 in the Minors, making his Big League debut in 1972 with 14 games.
Over those 24 games Bare posted a combined 1-3 record, pulling extremes in earned run average with a brilliant 0.54 over 16.2 innings in ‘72 then a bloated 5.92 mark over 24.1 in ‘74, generally out of the bullpen except for three starts in the latter season.
In 1975 he’d find himself in the Motor City with the Tigers, where he’d become a starter and go on to appear in 29 games, tossing six complete games and 150.2 innings, going 8-13 with a 4.48 ERA.
1976 would be more of the same, as Bare would appear in 30 games, 21 of them starts, posting a record of 7-8 with an ERA at 4.63, throwing two shutouts in 134 innings pitched.
However just like that, his career would be derailed in 1977 as he’d only appear in five games, going 0-2 with an eye-popping 12.56 ERA in 14.1 innings, where he allowed 24 hits along with seven walks, giving him a one-way ticket to the Minors, where he’d play out his pro career the following season in the Baltimore system before retiring for good.
All told, Bare finished with a record of 16-26, with a 4.79 ERA over 88 appearances, 49 of them starts, with nine complete games and three shutouts in 340 innings pitched.