Today's blog post has a "not so missing" 1978 card for former Texas Rangers pitcher Mike Bacsik, who appeared in only two games during the 1977 season:
Bacsik was hit hard in those two
games, to the tune of a 19.29 earned run average over 2.1 innings of
work, while not factoring in a decision.
Originally up to the
Big Leagues in 1975, he'd go 1-2 and 3-2 in his first two seasons before
his brief 1977 work and would spend all of 1978 in the Minors before
making it back as a member of the Minnesota Twins, for whom he'd pitch
in 1979 and 1980.
After 10 appearances in 1980, going 0-0 with
a 4.30 ERA over 23 innings, he'd call it a career, ending up with a
record of 8-6, posting a final ERA of 4.43 over 73 appearances and 172.2
innings.
Years later, his son Mike Jr would make the Majors,
playing in parts of five seasons between 2001 and 2007 for four
different organizations.
