Up on the blog today, we have a career-capping 1975 card for former San Diego Padres pitcher Mike Corkins, who played the last of his Big League games during the 1974 season:
Corkins
appeared in 25 games for San Diego in 1974, with two of those being
starts, going 2-2 with an earned run average of 4.79 in 56.1 innings of
work.
As with so many other pitchers stuck in San Diego in the early 70's, he
wasn't going to get much support, though the 1972 season was perhaps
his best in the Majors.He went 6-9 with a 3.53 E.R.A. with one shutout in 9 starts, while also picking up 6 saves among his other 38 appearances.
However, by 1974 he was out of the Majors, pitching another two years in the Minors for both the Padres and the Angels.
His career tally: 19-28 with a 4.39 E.R.A. in 157 total games, all for the Padres between 1969 and 1974.
