On the blog today, we have a "not quite missing" 1979 card for former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dave Ford, who made his Big League debut in 1978:
Ford appeared in two
games for the Orioles that season, going 1-0 with a brilliant 0.00
earned run average over 15 innings of work, with 10 hits allowed while
striking out five.
The following year he also showed some
promise, going 2-1 over nine appearances, two of those starts, posting a
fine 2.10 ERA over 30 innings, even saving a couple of games for the
American League champs.
But in 1980 and 1981, he fell back a
bit, posting ERA's of 4.26 and 6.53 over 40 appearances, posting a
combined record of 2-5 in 109.2 innings, which turned out to be the last
of his career.
He would spend the next four years in the
Minors, never getting back to the Big League level, retiring after the
1985 season, finishing up with a 5-6 record, along with a 4.02 ERA in 51
games and 154.2 innings.
