Tuesday, April 14, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1970 JIM COLBORN

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.