Came across this great image of former pitcher Lowell Palmer and figured it'd be fun to create a "not so missing" 1973 card, St. Louis Cardinals version, after a Cleveland Indians version I created a while back:
Palmer
began the 1972 season with the Cardinals, appearing in in 16 games and
posting a record of 0-3 after coming over from the Philadelphia
Phillies.
He'd finish that year with one game for the Indians, tossing two innings and giving up a run while striking out three.
He’d
spend all of 1973 in the Indians’ Minor League system before making
it back for one last hurrah in 1974, now a member of the San Diego
Padres, going 2-5 with a 5.67 ERA over 22 appearances and 73 innings.
After a couple of more Minor League seasons in 1975 and 1977, he called it a career, finishing up with a 5-18 record, along with an ERA of 5.29 over 106 appearances and 316.2 innings pitched in five Major League seasons.
But of course his ever-lasting legacy as a Major League player were those cool baseball card photos, sporting the shades and exemplifying that sweet decade of the 1970’s.
After a couple of more Minor League seasons in 1975 and 1977, he called it a career, finishing up with a 5-18 record, along with an ERA of 5.29 over 106 appearances and 316.2 innings pitched in five Major League seasons.
But of course his ever-lasting legacy as a Major League player were those cool baseball card photos, sporting the shades and exemplifying that sweet decade of the 1970’s.