Bare appeared in 14 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, going 0-1 with a sparkling 0.54 earned run average over 16.2 innings pitched.
He would spend all of 1973 in the Minor Leagues before making it back in 1974, going 1-2 over 10 appearances with a bloated 5.92 ERA in 24.1 innings.
The following season he’d have a full-time gig, now as a starter for the Detroit Tigers, appearing in 29 games, 21 of them starts, going 8-13 with a 4.48 ERA over 150.2 innings, completing six games including a shutout.
He’d be back in 1976, appearing in 30 games, with 21 of them starts, going 7-8 with a 4.63 ERA, with three complete games and two shutouts.
He’d start off the 1977 season in the Minor Leagues before getting back on a Big League mound before the season was over, going 0-2 with an ERA at 12.56 over five appearances and 14.1 innings.
But those appearances would be the last of his career, as he would spend all of 1978 in the Baltimore Orioles Minor League system before hanging them up at the age of 29.
All told he finished his career with a record of 16-26, posting an ERA of 4.79 over 88 appearances and 340 innings pitched.
