On the blog today, we have a 1970 "not so missing"
card for former pitcher Bill Short, who finished up a six-year Big
League career with four games as a Cincinnati Red in 1969:
Over those four games Short didn't factor in a decision, while pitching to a 15.43 ERA over 2.1 innings.
Originally
up with the New York Yankees in 1960, he posted a record of 3-5 in 10
appearances, posting an ERA of 4.79 over 47 innings of work.
He'd
spend all of 1961 in the Minors before coming back in 1962, now a
member of the Baltimore Orioles, appearing in five games and going 0-0
with a bloated 15.75 ERA in four innings.
It would be a while
before he made it back to a Major League mound, that being 1966 when he
split the season between the Orioles and the Boston Red Sox, going 2-3
over 14 games with a 3.13 ERA, even tossing his only MLB shutout.
In
1967 he'd find himself in Pittsburgh with the Pirates, appearing in six
games though only throwing 2.1 innings, allowing a hit and a run which
translates to a 3.86 ERA.
In 1968, new year, new team! Now
with the New York Mets, he would appear in a career-high 34 games, all
in relief, going 0-3 with a 4.85 ERA over 29.2 innings, picking up a
save along the way.
Overall, Short appeared in 73 games as a
Big League pitcher, going 5-11 with a 4.73 ERA in 131.1 innings,
striking out 71 batters while walking 64, with a shutout and two saves.
