Monday, March 4, 2019

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 DAN SCHNEIDER

On the blog today, I take a page out of Topps’ book from the late-60’s/early-70’s and use an image previously used for a players card, in this case my 1970 “not so missing” card for former Houston Astros pitcher Dan Schneider:


The image was used for his 1969 card, a season in which he actually saw the last of his Major League action, appearing in six games after spending all of 1968 in the Minors.
Over those six games Schneider went 0-1 with a 13.50 earned run average, throwing 7.1 innings which were all out of the bullpen.
Originally up with the Milwaukee Braves in 1963, Schneider pitched parts of five seasons in the Big Leagues, ending up with a record of 2-5 with an ERA at 4.71 over 117 appearances and 166.1 innings, starting eight games along the way while saving two through 1969.