NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 DAVE JOHNSON

Here’s a “not so missing” 1976 card for former pitcher Dave Johnson, who appeared in a half-dozen games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1975:

Johnson was playing in his second season in the Big Leagues in 1975 after appearing in 11 games for Baltimore in 1974.
In his rookie year he performed very well, going 2-2 with a 2.93 earned run average over 15.1 innings of work along with two saves and six strikeouts.
In 1975 he posted a record of 0-1, with an ERA at 4.15 over 8.2 innings, striking out four but walking seven while spending most of the season in the Minors.
After a full season back in the Minors in 1976, he was back on a Major League mound in 1977, now with the Minnesota Twins, going 205 with a 4.58 ERA over 30 appearances and 72.2 innings, even starting six games, the first starts he made in his career.
Sadly for him, the following year he made only six appearances, going 0-2 with a bloated 7.50 ERA, in what ended up being the last appearances of his MLB career, and from all evidence, his professional career.
He finished up his Big League tenure with a 4-10 record, with an ERA at 4.64 over 53 appearances and 108.2 innings of work, making seven starts and saving two.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 DAVE JOHNSON

Here’s a “not so missing” 1975 card for former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dave Johnson, who played the first 11 games of his Major League career during the 1974 season:

Johnson posted a record of 2-2 over those eleven games, all out of the bullpen, with a very nice 2.93 earned run average in 15.1 innings pitched, with two saves.
He’d appear in six games during the 1975 campaign before spending all of 1976 in the Minor Leagues. In those six appearances he’d go 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA in 8.2 innings of work.
He would make it back to the Big Leagues in 1978 and 1979, now as a member of the Minnesota Twins, going 2-5 and 0-2 respectively in what would end up being the last action on a Major League mound for his brief four-year career.
Overall, he’d finish his stint in the Majors with a record of 4-10, with an ERA of 4.64 over 53 appearances and 108.2 innings pitched.