NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 JIM WILLOUGHBY

On the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for former pitcher Jim Willoughby, who did manage to get into 18 games during the 1974 season but was left out of the 1975 Topps set:

 

Willoughby posted a record of 1-4 over those 18 games, pitching to an earned run average of 4.65 over 40.2 innings, starting four games along the way.

He would actually find himself with the Boston Red Sox for the 1975 season, getting traded in October of 1974 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Heintzelman, for who he'd never suit up, before another trade in July of 1975 to the eventual American League champs. Talk about great timing!

He’d go on to play eight years in the Big Leagues, finishing up with a career 26-36 record, with an ERA of 3.79 over 238 appearances, 28 of those starts, with a shutout and 34 saves thrown in.
His best season could arguably be 1972 when he appeared in eleven games, all starts, and completed seven games, going 6-4 with an ERA of 2.36 over 87.2 innings pitched.

NOT SO MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 JIM WILLOUGHBY

Up on the blog today I have a 1972 “not so missing” card for former San Francisco Giant pitcher Jim Willoughby, who made his Major League debut in 1971 with two scant games:

The 22-year-old went 0-1 over those two games, pitching four innings to a 9.00 earned run average, with one of those appearances being a start.
He’d go on to play eight years in the Big Leagues, finishing up with a career 26-36 record, with an ERA of 3.79 over 238 appearances, 28 of those starts, with a shutout and 34 saves thrown in.
His best season could arguably be 1972 when he appeared in eleven games, all starts, and completed seven games, going 6-4 with an ERA of 2.36 over 87.2 innings pitched.