Up on the blog today, a "not so missing" 1978 card for one-year MLB pitcher Gil Patterson of the New York Yankees:
Patterson
appeared in 10 games for the eventual World Champion Bronx Bombers,
going 1-2 with a 5.40 earned run average over 33.1 innings, with six of
those games starts.
He also picked up a save and struck out 29 batters while walking 20, allowing three homers among his 38 hits.
You
may remember that he did have a spot on one of those 1977 multi-player
rookie cards, however funny enough the image is NOT Patterson at all,
but another Yankee Minor Leaguer who escapes my mind at the moment.
After
missing all of 1978 due to injury, he put in another three years in the
Minors, the last season of 1982 in the San Francisco Giants
organization, never making it to the Big Leagues again.
But hey, if you're going to put in one year in the Majors, it may as well be with the World Champs!
