NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 PAUL DOYLE

On the blog today, we have a career-capping "not so missing" 1973 card for former pitcher Paul Doyle, who saw the last of his MLB action with two games for the California Angels in 1972:

 

Doyle, who spent all of 1971 in the Minors, made it back to a Big League mound in 1971, appearing in two games, throwing a total of 2.1 innings of scoreless ball, though not factoring in a decision.

He came up to the Big Leagues in 1969 and went 2-0 with a very nice 2.08 earned run average for the Western Champ Braves, appearing in 36 games while picking up four saves.

After the season he was purchased by the Angels, where he would go 3-1 with a 5.14 ERA over 40 games before finding himself finishing the 1970 season with the San Diego Padres, going 0-2 the rest of the way with a 6.43 ERA.

He would appear in the aforementioned two games in the big leagues 1972, before closing out his short three-year career, finishing with a 5-3 record with a 3.79 ERA in 87 games and 90.1 innings with 11 saves.

GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1970 PAUL DOYLE

Came across this nice image of former pitcher Paul Doyle suited up as an Atlanta Brave and figured it'd make a nice "do-over" for his 1970 card, which originally depicted him with the team he was going to play for that new season, the California Angels, so here goes:

For those that don't remember the original, here you go:

 

 

Doyle came up to the Big Leagues in 1969 and went 2-0 with a very nice 2.08 earned run average for the Western Champ Braves, appearing in 36 games while picking up four saves.

After the season he was purchased by the Angels, where he would go 3-1 with a 5.14 ERA over 40 games before finding himself finishing the 1970 season with the San Diego Padres, going 0-2 the rest of the way with a 6.43 ERA.

He would only appear in another two games in the big leagues, as an Angel again in 1972, before closing out his short three-year career, finishing with a 5-3 record with a 3.79 ERA in 87 games and 90.1 innings with 11 saves.

 

MISSING IN ACTION- 1971 PAUL DOYLE

Here’s a “missing” 1971 card for a pitcher who appeared in 49 games during the 1970 season, split between the California Angels and San Diego Padres, Paul Doyle:

After starting the season in with the Angels and posting a 3-1 record over 40 appearances with five saves, Doyle moved on to the Padres where he would get into another nine games and collect an additional two saves, finishing the year with a 3-3 record, seven saves and a 5.33 earned run average over those aforementioned 49 appearances.
Surely this warranted a card in the ’71 set don’t you think?
He would only appear in another two games in the bog leagues, as an Angel again in 1972, before closing out his short three-year career, finishing with a 5-3 record with a 3.79 ERA in 87 games and 90.1 innings with 11 saves.