NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 DOUG CAPILLA

Up on the blog today, a “not so missing” 1979 card for former pitcher Doug Capilla, who had a rough season in 1978, appearing in only six games and getting hit hard at that:

Capilla went 0-1 over those six games, with a bloated 9.82 earned run average over 11 innings of work, allowing 14 hits and 11 walks with 12 earned runs. Ouch.
In 1979 he’d start the season in Cincinnati, but on May 3rd would get traded to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later.
He’d find better success with the Cubs and end up pitching the last two and a half seasons of his career for them, finishing up with a career 12-18 record over 136 appearances, with a 4.34 ERA over 292.1 innings, with 31 of those appearances starts between 1976 and 1981.
His best season in the Big Leagues would have to be 1977, when he split the year between the St. Louis Cardinals and Reds, going 7-8 over 24 appearances, 16 of them starts, with a 4.47 ERA and the only complete game of his career.