On the blog today we have a "not so missing" 1977 card for former pitcher Geoff Zahn, who had a bumpy 1976 season that saw him appear in only three games for the Chicago Cubs:
Zahn
entered the fourth year of his Big League career that season, already 30
years of age, and had a season to forget, going 0-1 with a 10.80 earned
run average over 8.1 innings of work for the Cubbies.
However
1977 would see his career turn for the better, as he would find himself
as a Minnesota Twin and go 12-14 over 34 appearances, all but two
starts, pitching just under 200 innings.
He would remain a
solid starter over the next eights years, pitching through the 1980
season with the Twins before playing the last five years of his career
with the California Angels, where he'd have his best year in 1982 when
he posted a record of 18-8 with a 3.73 ERA over 34 starts, with four
shutouts.
Overall, in his 13 year career he would win 111 games against 109 losses, with a 3.74 ERA and 20 shutouts over 304 appearances, tossing 1849 innings with 79 complete games between 1973 and 1985.
