On the blog today we have a "not so missing" pre-rookie card for former New York Mets pitcher Roy Lee Jackson, who made his Major League debut during the 1977 season:
Jackson appeared in four games for the Mets, going 0-2 with a 6.00 earned run average over 24 innings of work as a 23-year-old.
He'd
pitch another three years with the Mets, never really becoming a
full-timer until joining his second team, the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981,
where he became a dependable arm out of the bullpen over four seasons.
In
1985 he joined the San Diego Padres for a season, going 2-3 with a nice
2.70 ERA over 22 games before playing what turned out to be his last
Big League action in 1986 with the Minnesota Twins, going 0-1 over 28
games with a 3.86 ERA.
All told, in 10 Major League seasons, Jackson ended up with a career 28-34 record, with a 3.77 ERA and 34 saves over 280 appearances and 559 innings pitched.
