Today on the blog, we have a "not so missing" 1974 card for former pitcher Dave Lemanczyk, who made his Big League debut in 1973 with one appearance:
Lemanczyk was hit hard in his first
game, giving up three runs in 2.1 innings on four hits, for a bloated
earned run average of 11.57 for the Detroit Tigers.
The
Syracuse native would be back in 1973, appearing in 22 games, all but
three of those out of the bullpen, going 2-1 with a 4.00 ERA over 78.2
innings, striking out 52 batters while walking 44.
He'd stay
with Detroit until the 1977, where he found himself one of the
"original" 1977 Toronto Blue Jays, getting his first true full season
under his belt, starting 34 games and going 13-16 with a 4.25 ERA,
completing 11 games and totaling 252.2 innings.
Over the next
three years he'd see decent action, tossing over 100+ innings each
season, but never the full-time totals he saw in 1977.
By the
time he was done after the 1980 season, where he split the year between
the Blue Jays and California Angels, he finished with a record of 37-63
over 185 games, with an ERA of 4.62, completing 30 games with three
shutouts.
