Up on the blog today, we have a 1971 "not so missing" card for former pitcher Bill Dillman, who made it back to a Big League mound in 1970 after spending the previous two years toiling in the Minors:
Dillman,
who made his Big League debut in 1967 with the Baltimore Orioles, was
back in the Majors with the Montreal Expos in 1970, appearing in 18
games while posting a record of 2-3 with a 5.28 earned run average over
30.2 innings of work.
In 1967, his only other taste of the
"Big Time", Dillman appeared in 32 games for the reigning World Champ
Orioles, going 5-9 with a 4.35 ERA over 124 innings at the age of 22,
with a shutout and three saves.
Sadly for him however, he
would spend all of 1971 and 1972 in the Minors for both the Montreal and
New York Mets organizations, never getting another chance in the
Majors, retiring after the '72 season.
All told, he finished
with a record of 7-12 over 50 games, sporting an ERA of 4.54 in 154.2
innings, with one shutout and three saves along the way.
