MISSING IN ACTION- 1973 WADE BLASINGAME

Today’s blog post has a career-capping “missing” 1973 card for former pitcher Wade Blasingame, looking oh-so-70’s with his porn ‘stache as he finished his 10-year career with 12 appearances with the New York Yankees after coming over from the Houston Astros mid-season:

Blasingame pitched to an 0-1 record in his time with the Yanks, throwing 17 innings and ending up with an ERA of 4.24, with one of those appearances a start.
Overall on his last season in the Big Leagues, he appeared in 22 games, with that one loss as the only decision and a bloated 5.68 ERA over 25.1 innings of work.
His finest season was back in 1965 while still with the Milwaukee Braves when he posted a record of 16-10 along with a 3.77 ERA over 38 appearances, 36 of them starts, tossing ten complete games including one of his two career shutouts.
Overall, he finished up his Big League career with a record of 46-51, with a 4.52 ERA over 222 appearances, 128 of them starts, and 863.2 innings pitched.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 WADE BLASINGAME

Here’s a “missing” 1970 card for former pitcher Wade Blasingame, who appeared in 26 games for the Houston Astros in 1969:

In those 26 appearances, Blasingame posted a 0-5 record with a bloated 5.37 earned run average over 52 innings pitched.
He would finish up his ten-year career in 1972 split between Houston and the New York Yankees, ending up with a 46-51 record, with a 4.52 ERA and 512 strikeouts over 222 games, 128 of them starts, and 863.2 innings pitched.
His best season as a Major League pitcher was easily his 1965 campaign when he went 16-10 for the Milwaukee Braves in their final year before moving to Atlanta.
But he could never match those numbers, becoming an arm out of the bullpen except for the 1971 season the rest of his career.