Up on the blog today is a “not so missing” 1978 card for former pitcher Tom Buskey, who did in fact appear in 21 games for the Cleveland Indians the year prior:
Buskey incredibly didn’t factor in a decision over those 21 games, all
out of the bullpen, pitching to an earned run average of 5.29 over 34
innings of work.
You can almost say that because of the 21 appearances he should have
gotten a Topps card in 1978, making this a “missing” card instead of a
“not so missing” one.
He would end up putting in eight years in the Big Leagues, pitching
through the 1980 season and appearing in 258 games, all out of the
bullpen for the Yanks, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays between
1973 and 1980.
His final numbers looked like this: a 21-27 record with a 3.66 earned
run average over 479.1 innings pitched, picking up 34 saves and striking
out 212 hitters.
His best year would arguably be 1975 while with the Indians when he
finished 5-3 with a nice 2.57 earned run average over 50 appearances and
77 innings pitched, with seven saves.