NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 FRITZ PETERSON

Let’s cap-off the nice 11-year career for former pitcher Fritz Peterson with a 1977 “not so missing” card, though one could argue it’s borderline “missing” when you remember some of the other guys who got a card in the set:

Peterson appeared in 13 games playing for the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, throwing 62 innings and finishing with a 1-3 record along with an earned run average of 5.08.
In just the previous year he went 14-8 for the Indians, with a couple of shutouts and a 3.94 ERA, so the rapid decline was a surprise for the man who was also a former 20-game winner, something he did while with the New York Yankees in 1970.
While with the Yanks, he posted three straight seasons of sub-3.00 ERA’s between 1968-1970: 2.63, 2.55 and 2.90, while posting win totals of 12, 17 and 20.
By the time he retired after the 1976 season, he ended up with a career record of 133-131, with a nice 3.30 ERA and 20 shutouts over 355 appearances and 2218.1 innings pitched.