On the blog today, we have a 1979 "not so missing" card for Boston Red Sox pitcher Bobby Sprowl, who made his MLB debut in 1978 with three starts:
Sprowl went 0-2 in his first taste of
the Big Leagues, pitching to a bloated 6.39 earned run average over 12.2
innings, walking 10 while striking out 10.
He would find
himself traded to the Houston Astros in June of 1979, playing parts of
the next three years for them, appearing in 19 games over the course of
the remainder of his career, with the bulk of those appearances coming
in his last season, 1981, when he appeared in 15 games.
All
told, he finished his major League run with a record of 0-3 over 22
games, posting an ERA of 5.44 in 46.1 innings, starting four of those
games, walking 27 batters while striking out 34.
