Tuesday, June 4, 2019

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1971 FRED TALBOT

Here’s a career-capping “not so missing” 1971 card for former pitcher Fred Talbot, who made one last appearance in a Major League game during the 1970 season:


Talbot threw 1.2 innings on June 14th, 1970, giving up a couple of runs on a homer against the Baltimore Orioles, closing out a nice eight year career that began in 1963 when he came up with the Chicago White Sox as a 22-year-old.
He would go on to play for Chicago, Oakland/Kansas City, the New York Yankees and the Seattle Pilots over those eight seasons, compiling a record of 38-56, with an earned run average of 4.12 over 195 appearances, with 126 of them starts, as well as four shutouts and collected a save in that time, with 26 complete games and 853.2 innings pitched.

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