Tuesday, July 2, 2019

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 FRANK MACCORMACK

Today we have a “not so missing” 1978 card for an original Seattle Mariner, former pitcher Frank MacCormack, who happened to go to Rutgers University, not five minutes from my home here in New Jersey:


MacCormack, who made his MLB debut a season earlier with nine appearances with the Detroit Tigers, played in three games for Seattle in their inaugural 1977 campaign, not factoring in a decision while posting and earned run average of 6.31 over 7 innings of work.
Turns out, those would be the last appearances of his Big League career as he would spend the next two seasons in the Minor Leagues playing for Seattle and Detroit, retiring at the age of 24 after 1979.
All told, he finished his career with a record of 0-5, posting an ERA at 5.45 over 12 appearances and 39.2 innings pitched.