On the blog today, a career-capping "not so missing" 1974 card for former pitcher Dave Baldwin, who made it back to a Big League mound in 1973 after spending 1971 and 1972 toiling in the Minors:
Baldwin
appeared in three games for the Chicago White Sox in 1973, this after
last pitching in the Majors in 1970 with the Milwaukee Brewers in their
first year as a Major League team.
His three appearances in
the South Side did not yield a decision, while pitching to a 3.60 earned
run average over five innings, with a strikeout and four walks.
Sadly
for him it would be his last action as a Big Leaguer, spending all of
1974 in both the White Sox and San Diego Padres Minor League systems.
Overall,
in six seasons, he ended up with a record of 6-11 over 176 appearances,
most with the Washington Senators between 1966 and 1969, with a very
nice 3.08 ERA in 224.2 innings of work, all out of the bullpen, with 23
saves.
