Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1979 card for former Houston Astros pitcher Bo McLaughlin, who appeared in only a dozen games during the 1978 season:
McLaughlin
just completed his third year in the Majors, going 0-1 over those 12
games with a 5.01 earned run average, picking up two saves along the
way.
He would go on to split the 1979 season between Houston
and the Atlanta Braves, appearing in a career-high 49 games, pitching to
an ERA of 5.05 over 66 innings, though he did have one start that year.
After
spending 1980 in the Minors, he was back in the Big Leagues in 1981,
now with the Oakland A's, where he would play his last two seasons,
appearing in 32 games total, with two starts, going 0-4 and getting hit
hard, picking up a save while striking out 36 batters over 60 innings of
work.
All told, he'd finish his six-year career with a record
of 10-20 over 156 appearances, starting 21 games and picking up nine
saves.
