Today’s
blog post has a “not so missing” 1970 card for pitcher Jim Colborn, who
made his MLB debut during the 1969 season with six appearances and 14.2
innings with the Chicago Cubs:
Colborn posted a 1-0 record with an earned run average of 3.07, with two
of those six appearances being starts, striking out four while walking
nine.
He would find his groove after a trade to the Milwaukee Brewers in
1972, posting a 20-win season in 1973 and making his only All-Star team
before moving on to the Kansas City Royals in 1977 and posting a solid
year that saw him go 18-14.
By the time he’d retire after the 1978 season, Colborn finished with a
record of 83 and 88, with an ERA at 3.80 over 301 appearances and 1597.1
innings of work.