Thought I would have a little fun on the blog today and post my "not so missing" 1972 card for former pitcher Gerry Janeski, who played for the Washington Senators in 1971 and got the "Topps treatment" for a 1972 card:
Like
so many others moving with the franchise to Texas, becoming the
Rangers, I airbrushed all identifying "Senators" markings as Topps would
have done and left it at that (Think Hal King, etc).
Janeski
appeared in 23 games for the Rangers in their inaugural season, going
1-5 with a 4.96 earned run average over 61.2 innings of work.
After coming up as a rookie with the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and
posting a 10-17 record over 35 starts and 205.2 innings pitched, Janeski
was traded in February of ‘71 for former “Bonus Baby” Rick Reichardt.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.