NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 LANCE CLEMONS

Today’s blog post has a “not so missing” 1973 card for former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Lance Clemons, who appeared in three games during the 1972 season:

Clemons, who came up with the Kansas City Royals in 1971 for his first taste of the Big Leagues, came over to St. Louis as part of the John Mayberry trade, and proceeded to go 0-1 with a bloated 10.13 earned run average over 5.1 innings of work.
He’d spend all of 1973 in the Minor Leagues playing in the Boston Red Sox organization before making it back to the Majors in 1974, appearing in six games for Boston, going 1-0 with a 9.95 ERA over 6.1 innings.
That would be the last MLB action he’d see, spending all of 1975 in the Minors before retiring as a player.
All told his MLB tenure resulted in a record of 2-1, with a 6.06 ERA in 19 appearances, four of them starts, in 35.2 innings pitched.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 LANCE CLEMONS

Here’s a “not so missing” 1975 card for former Boston Red Sox pitcher Lance Clemons, who had a taste of the Majors over three brief seasons:

Clemons, who originally came up in 1971 with the Kansas City Royals, appeared in six games for Boston during the 1974 season, compiling a 1-0 record with a 9.95 earned run average over 6.1 innings of work, all out of the ‘pen.
It was his first action back since 1972 while with the St. Louis Cardinals, when he went 0-1 over three games and 5.1 innings pitched.
However, that 1974 activity with the Red Sox would be the last action he’d see on the big league level, finishing up with a 2-1 record along with a 6.06 earned run average in 19 appearances and 35.2 innings.