NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1972 DON ROSE

On the blog today, we have a 1972 "not so missing" card for former pitcher Don Rose, who made his Big League debut with the New York Mets in 1971, appearing in one single game:

In that game, Rose tossed two innings, allowing two hits with no runs while striking out one, before being sent along with a guy named Nolan Ryan to the California Angels for All-Star infielder Jim Fregosi during the off-season.

Well we all know how that turned out...

Rose would go 1-4 in his lone season with the Angels in 1972, pitching to a 4.22 earned run average over 16 games and 42.2 innings.

During the 1974 season Rose appeared in two games with the San Francisco Giants after spending the previous season in the Minors.
Over those two games he didn’t factor in a decision, posting an earned run average of 9.00 in exactly one inning of work.

Those would end up being the last Big League games of his three-year career.

He would finish his career with 19 appearances and a record of 1-4 along with an E.R.A. of 4.14 over 45.2 innings pitched.

GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1973 DON ROSE

Today's blog post has a "do-over" for former pitcher Don Rose's 1973 Topps card since I came across this nice image of him as a California Angel, as opposed to the airbrushed image Topps had to go with back then:

RE-DONE

ORIGINAL AS-ISSUED

In 1971 he came up to the Majors with the New York Mets, appearing in a single game and pitching two scoreless innings before being a part of a pretty big trade in the off-season when he was included with a young flame-throwing Nolan Ryan in a deal with the California Angels to get perennial all-star shortstop Jim Fregosi.

Well we all know how that turned out...

Rose would go 1-4 in his lone season with the Angels in 1972, pitching to a 4.22 earned run average over 16 games and 42.2 innings.

During the 1974 season Rose appeared in two games with the San Francisco Giants after spending the previous season in the Minors.
Over those two games he didn’t factor in a decision, posting an earned run average of 9.00 in exactly one inning of work.

Those would end up being the last Big League games of his three-year career.

He would finish his career with 19 appearances and a record of 1-4 along with an E.R.A. of 4.14 over 45.2 innings pitched.

 

NOT RERALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 DON ROSE

Here’s a “not so missing” 1975 card for former pitcher Don Rose, who had a brief three year Major League career, each one with a different team:

During the 1974 season Rose appeared in two games with the San Francisco Giants after spending the previous season in the Minors.
Over those two games he didn’t factor in a decision, posting an earned run average of 9.00 in exactly one inning of work.
In 1971 he came up to the Majors with the New York Mets, appearing in a single game and pitching two scoreless innings before being a part of a pretty big trade in the off-season when he was included with a young flame-throwing Nolan Ryan in a deal with the California Angels to get perennial all-star shortstop Jim Fregosi.
Well we all know how that turned out...
Nevertheless Rose finished his career with 19 appearances and a record of 1-4 along with an E.R.A. of 4.14 over 45.2 innings pitched.