On the blog today, we have a 1979 "not so missing" card for seven-year MLB pitcher Juan Eichelberger, who made his Big League debut in 1978 with the San Diego Padres:
Eichelberger
appeared in three games for the Padres, not factoring in a decision
while tossing 3.1 innings in relief, giving up four earned runs on four
hits and two walks.
He'd also appear in three games the
following season before getting some regular playing time between 1980
and 1982, winning 19 games over that time across 71 appearances, now a
starter, tossing a shutout while completing eleven games.
In
1983 he found himself with the Cleveland Indians, appearing in 28 games
with 15 of those starts, completing two games and posting a record of
4-11 with a 4.90 ERA over 134 innings of work.
He would toil
in the Minors between 1984 and 1987 before making a comeback at the age
of 34, some five years after his last Big League action, pitching for
the Atlanta Braves and appearing in 20 games, going 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA
in 37.1 innings, calling it a career soon after.
All told, he
finished up with a record of 26-36, with a 4.10 ERA and 281 strikeouts
over 125 appearances, with 14 complete games and 603.1 innings pitched.
