Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for two-year Major League pitcher Rich Troedson, who played what turned out to be the last of his Big League games during the 1974 season:
Troedson
appeared in 15 games for the San Diego Padres in 1974, posting a record
of 1-1 with an ERA of 8.68 in 18.2 innings or work, with a save thrown
in.
The previous season, his first, he appeared in 50 games
for San Diego, with 18 of those appearances starts, completing two while
saving one.
Over those 50 games he pitched to a record of 7-9
with a respectable 4.25 ERA in 152.1 innings, striking out 81 while
walking 59.
He'd spend all of 1975 in the Minors, but that
would be it for the Majors, as he would go on to play the 1976 season in
Mexico for Monterrey before calling it a playing career.
All told, he finished with a record of 8-10 over 65 games, with an ERA of 4.74 over 171 innings and two saves.
