Up
on the blog today we have a career-capping “not so missing” 1979 card
for former New York Mets pitcher Bob Myrick, who turned out played the
last of his Major League games in 1978:
Myrick appeared in 17 games for the Mets during the 1978 season, going
0-3 with a nice 3.28 earned run average over 24.2 innings of work.
But just after the 1979 season started he was part of a small package of
two pitchers traded to the Texas Rangers for pitcher Dock Ellis, so his
time out at Shea was over.
Turns out, after pitching in the Minors over the next couple seasons, he
decided to call it a career without ever getting back to a Big League
mound again, finishing up with a record of 3-6 and an ERA at 3.48 over
82 appearances and 139.2 innings, all for the Mets between 1976 and
1978.