On the blog today, we have a career-capping "not so missing" 1973 card for former pitcher Paul Doyle, who saw the last of his MLB action with two games for the California Angels in 1972:
Doyle,
who spent all of 1971 in the Minors, made it back to a Big League mound
in 1971, appearing in two games, throwing a total of 2.1 innings of
scoreless ball, though not factoring in a decision.
He came up to the Big Leagues in 1969 and went 2-0 with a very nice 2.08
earned run average for the Western Champ Braves, appearing in 36 games
while picking up four saves.
After
the season he was purchased by the Angels, where he would go 3-1 with a
5.14 ERA over 40 games before finding himself finishing the 1970 season
with the San Diego Padres, going 0-2 the rest of the way with a 6.43
ERA.
He would appear in the aforementioned two games in the big leagues 1972, before closing out his short three-year career,
finishing with a 5-3 record with a 3.79 ERA in 87 games and 90.1 innings
with 11 saves.
