NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 GEORGE THROOP

Today on the blog we have a “not so missing” 1979 card for former Kansas City Royals pitcher George Throop, who appeared in one game for the Western Division champs the previous year:

Throop, who was originally up for his first taste of the Big Leagues in 1975, appeared in one game during the 1978 season, pitching three innings of scoreless ball and ending up with the win.
He’d end up playing only one more year in the Majors, splitting the 1979 season between the Royals and Houston Astros, going 1-0 once again, with a 4.32 ERA over 18 appearances and 25 innings pitched.
But it seems like his professional career ended there, without even any Minor League games played after that 1979 season, finishing with a career 2-0 record along with an ERA at 3.83 over 30 appearances and 42.1 innings of work.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 GEORGE THROOP

Here’s a “Not So Missing” 1978 card for former Kansas City Royals pitcher George Throop, who actually was on one of those multi-player rookie cards in the 1976 set a couple years before:

Throop appeared in four games for the American League West champ Royals, not factoring in a decision with an earned run average of 3.38 over 5.1 innings of work.
He’d go on to post a record of 1-0 for Kansas City during the 1978 season, appearing in one single game and pitching three innings of scoreless ball, though walking three batters and giving up two hits.
The following year, he get traded to the Houston Astros just as the season began for a player to be named later, where he’d go 1-0 in 14 appearances, all out of the bullpen, thus closing out what would be a four-year MLB career that had him finish 2-0 with a 3.83 ERA over 30 appearances and 42.1 innings pitched.