But if you then go and look at manager Chuck Tanner’s late-series 1971 card, he does have the red and white hat on, though I believe it may be airbrushed. Not sure.
Nevertheless, Eddy appeared in seven games for Chicago over the last month of 1971, not factoring in a decision and posting a very nice 2.31 earned run average over 11.2 innings.
He’d be back in 1971 and go on to play in 22 games, going 0-2 but post another fine ERA, this time 2.38 over 22.2 innings, all out of the bullpen.
Sadly for him however, and for reasons I have not been able to find, he would not pitch in the Majors again, playing the last two years of his pro career in the San Diego Padres organization, before retiring after the 1973 season.
It’s interesting to note that the guy posted some excellent ERA’s all through his pro career, even his last season of 1973 when he was at an even 2.00 over 36 games with 13 saves.
Why the Padres, especially at that time, didn’t give him a shot is beyond me, so he finished his brief Big League career with a record of 0-2 with an ERA of 2.36 over 29 games and 34.1 innings of work.
