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.