Up on the blog today, a "not so missing" 1978 card for former Houston Astros pitcher Doug Konieczny, who already played what were to be the last MLB games of his career in 1977:
Konieczny
appeared in only four games for the Astros in 1977, all starts, going
1-1 with an earned run average of 6.00 over 21 innings.
He
spent all of 1976 in the Minors after pitching parts of the previous
three seasons in the Big Leagues, with the 1976 season being the only of
his brief four year career that saw him get any substantial playing
time.
In that campaign, Konieczny appeared in 32 games, with
29 of those starts, going 6-13 with a 4.47 ERA over 171 innings of work,
throwing four complete games including a shutout, striking out 89.
All
told, his Major League career comprised 44 games, 38 starts, going 7-18
with a 4.93 ERA in 221 innings, with 110 strikeouts and the
aforementioned shutout between 1973 and 1977.
