On the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1972 card for former pitcher Daryl Patterson, who split the 1971 season across three teams, the Detroit Tigers, Oakland A's, and finally St. Louis Cardinals:
Combined,
he'd finish 0-2 with a 4.97 ERA over 41.2 innings of work for the three
organizations, appearing in 29 games, all but two out of the bullpen.
Originally
up with the Detroit Tigers in 1968, his finest season was 1970 when he
finished 7-1 over 43 games, all in relief, pitching to a 4.85 ERA in 78
innings, saving two and striking out 55.
He'd spend all of
1972 and 1973 in the Minors before making it back for 14 games with the
Pittsburgh Pirates, going 2-1 but getting hit hard, to the tune of a
7.29 ERA in 21 innings, the last of his career.
All told, he
finished 11-9 with a 4.09 ERA over 142 appearances, with three starts,
saving 11 games and striking out 119 batters in 231 innings
