Today's blog post has a "do-over" for former pitcher Don Rose's 1973 Topps card since I came across this nice image of him as a California Angel, as opposed to the airbrushed image Topps had to go with back then:
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In 1971 he came up to the Majors with the New York Mets, appearing in a
single game and pitching two scoreless innings before being a part of a
pretty big trade in the off-season when he was included with a young
flame-throwing Nolan Ryan in a deal with the California Angels to get
perennial all-star shortstop Jim Fregosi.
Well we all know how that turned out...
Rose
would go 1-4 in his lone season with the Angels in 1972, pitching to a
4.22 earned run average over 16 games and 42.2 innings.
During the 1974 season Rose appeared in two games with the San Francisco
Giants after spending the previous season in the Minors.
Over those two games he didn’t factor in a decision, posting an earned run average of 9.00 in exactly one inning of work.
Over those two games he didn’t factor in a decision, posting an earned run average of 9.00 in exactly one inning of work.
Those would end up being the last Big League games of his three-year career.
He would finish his career with 19 appearances and a record
of 1-4 along with an E.R.A. of 4.14 over 45.2 innings pitched.