NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 LEON HOOTEN

Here’s a fun card to add to the blog, a not so missing” 1975 card for one year pitcher Leon Hooten of the Oakland A’s, who actually got a spot on a multi-player rookie card a few years later in the 1977 Topps set as a member of the inaugural Toronto Blue Jays:

Hooten appeared in six games for the A’s during their 1974 season, the third straight World Championship season for the franchise.
He didn’t factor in a decision, but put up a nice 3.24 earned run average, allowing three runs over 8.1 innings, with a strikeout and four walks.
He’d spend the next two years in the Oakland Minor League system before getting selected by the upstart Blue Jays in the Expansion Draft as the 59th pick, but he would never play for them, not even in their Minors system.
But he did walk away with an appearance on a Topps card, getting a spot in their “Rookie Pitchers” card #478 along with Jim Gideon, Mark Lemongello and Dave Johnson.