NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 MIKE BEARD

Up on the blog today, a “not so missing” 1975 card for a guy who got two other creations on the blog before, former Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Beard, who made his Big League debut during the 1974 season with six appearances:

Beard didn’t pick up a decision over those six games, pitching to a nice 2.89 earned run average in 9.1 innings, all out of the bullpen.
He would spend all four of his MLB seasons with Atlanta, having a nice 1975 year when he went 4-0 over 34 games with an ERA at 3.20, two of those appearances the only starts of his career.
His innings pitched dropped by about half the following season, though his appearances were pretty much the same (34 to 30), along with a 4.28 earned run average and an 0-2 record.
All told, he finished his career with a record of 4-2 over 74 appearances, posting a final ERA of 3.74 over 118 innings pitched, all but two of those games out of the bullpen.