As promised recently on Twitter, today on the blog we have a "missing" 1965 card for pitcher Don Mossi, who suited up for the Chicago White Sox in 1964, having a decent year, and for some reason getting ignored by Topps the following year:
Mossi
appeared in 34 games for the White Sox, all in relief, going 3-1 with a
nice 2.93 ERA over 40 innings, with seven saves and 36 strikeouts.
The
following season turned out to be his last as a Big Leaguer, suiting up
for the Kansas City Athletics, going 5-8 over 51 games at the age of
36, pitching to a 3.74 ERA in 55.1 innings, once again posting seven
saves.
Mossi had some really good years in the Majors over his
12 seasons under the Sun, with his two finest arguably 1959 and 1961
with the Detroit Tigers when he posted records of 17-9 and 15-7
respectively with ERAs of 3.36 and 2.96 as a starter.
By the
time he did retire, he finished with a record of 101-80 over 460
appearances, with a 3.43 ERA and 50 saves between 1954 and 1965.
