Thursday, January 5, 2023

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1972 JACK WHILLOCK

Up on the blog today, a 1972 "not so missing" card for one-year Big League pitcher Jack Whillock of the Detroit Tigers:


The 28-year-old appeared in what was the entirety of his career during the Summer of 1971, seven games total, going 0-2 with a 5.63 earned run average in eight innings of work.
Sadly for him he wouldn't make it back to a Big League mound again, toiling another three years in the Minors before calling it quits after the 1974 season, when he played in the Cleveland Indians system.
All told he put in 11 years as a pro, originally in the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1964, but alas a Major Leaguer for just those seven games in August and September of 1971.