On the blog today we have a "not so missing" 1973 card for former pitcher Jim Bibby, who made his MLB debut in 1972 with the St. Louis Cardinals:
Bibby appeared in six games for the Cardinals, going 1-3 with a 3.35 earned run average in 40.1 innings of work, all starts.
After six appearances with the Cardinals to start off the 1973 season,
Bibby found himself down in Texas, and would soon go on to throw a
no-hitter for his new team on July 30th against the eventual World Champion Oakland A’s.He would go on to have a nice 12-year career that saw him go 111-101 with a 3.76 earned run average over 340 appearances, 239 of which were starts, tossing 19 shutouts along the way.
His best seasons would be his back-to-back years with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979 and 1980 that saw him go 31-10, leading the league in winning percentage both times, while being named to the National League all-star team in ’80 while finishing third in the Cy Young race.