Up on the blog today we have a career-capping "not so missing" 1971 card for former pitcher Bill Faul, who made it back to a Big League mound during the 1970 season after spending the previous three seasons in the Minors:
Faul, who last pitched for the
Chicago Cubs in 1966 when he appeared in 17 games, made it all the way
back to the Majors, now with the San Francisco Giants, appearing in
seven games, not factoring in a decision while pitching to a 7.45 earned
run average.
Turned out it would be the last action of his
career as he would be back in the Minors in 1971 and 1973, before
retiring for good.
Originally up with the Detroit Tigers in
1962, he would spend three years with them before moving on to the Cubs,
where he would play in 1965 and 1966.
Never a full-timer, the
most action he would see in any one season was in 1963 with Detroit
when he appeared in 28 games, with 10 starts, throwing 97 innings while
going 5-6 with an ERA of 4.64.
Overall for his career he appeared in 71 games, 33 of those starts, posting a record of 12-16 with a 4.72 ERA in 261.1 innings, tossing three shutouts and saving two along the way.
