On the blog today, we revisit a post from 10 years ago, my "missing" 1978 card for pitcher Don Collins, who made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves during the 1977 season and really should have had a card in the 1978 set:
Collins appeared in 40 games during that season, and posted a
3-9 record with a 5.09 earned run average and a couple of saves thrown
in.
In his 70.2 innings of work he fanned 27 batters but walked 41, not the best thing to do as a guy coming out of the bullpen.
Nevertheless, 70+ innings and 40 games deserves a card, especially
considering some of the other players who got on in the '78 set that
played a lot less than him.
Besides the 1977 season Collins would pitch in four games for the
Cleveland Indians in 1980, marking the only other season he'd make it to
the top before closing out his career.