Wednesday, January 15, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 JIM KREMMEL

Up on the blog today, we have a “not so missing” 1975 card that really could be considered a straight-up “missing” card for former Chicago Cubs pitcher Jim Kremmel:


Kremmel appeared in 23 games during the 1974 season, going 0-2 with an earned run average of 5.23 over 31 innings, with two of those games being starts.
I would consider that borderline MLB time to get a slot in the 1975 Topps set considering some other players who got a card with less action.
Kremmel made his MLB debut a season earlier when he appeared in four games for the Texas Rangers, posting an identical record of 0-2, with a bloated 9.00 ERA in nine innings of work.
Sadly for him however, he would go on to spend the next two seasons in the Cubs’ Minor League system, but never get another shot at a Big League mound, retiring after 1976 and finishing up with a MLB record of 0-4, with an ERA at 6.08 over 27 appearances and 40 innings.