Up
on the blog this morning we have a “not so missing” 1976 card for
two-year Major League pitcher Chip Lang of the Montreal Expos:
Now, when I say “two-year” MLB pitcher I am stretching it quite a bit,
as Lang appeared in one single game during the 1975 season, his Big
League debut, pitching 1.2 innings and allowing two hits and three walks
for a cool 10.80 earned run average, with two strikeouts.
He’d be back on a Major League mound the following season, appearing in
29 games for Montreal, with two of them starts, going 1-3 with a 4.19
ERA over 62.1 innings of work, striking out 30 but walking 34.
He would go on to play two years in the Minors, for both the Montreal
and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations, but never get back to the Big
Leagues, finishing up with those 30 appearances in 1975/1976, with a
record of 1-3 along with a 4.36 ERA in 64 innings pitched.