Time
to go and close out the brief three year Major league playing career of
former pitcher Marcel Lachemann, who made his last appearance on a Big
League mound during the 1971 season:
Lachemann appeared in one game that year, pitching a total of a third of
an inning, giving up two hits and two earned runs along with a walk
against the Detroit Tigers on April 25th.
He would go on to spend the rest of the year in the Minor Leagues,
pitching to a record of 5-2 with a nice 3.04 ERA over 43 appearances,
but would never get a chance to get back to the Majors.
He would go on to play three more seasons in the Minor Leagues for both
the Oakland and Montreal Expos organizations as a reliever, settling for
a Big League career that had 70 appearances with a record of 7-4, with
an ERA of 3.44 over 102 innings pitched.
He would also get some managing in the Majors decades later, managing
the California Angels between 1994 and 1996, finishing his managerial
career with a 161-170 record, leading the Angels to a second place
finish in 1995.
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on the blog today we have a “missing” 1970 card for former pitcher
Marcel Lachemann, who made his MLB debut during the 1969 season with the
Oakland A’s:
Lachemann, who would also go on to manage in the Majors, just as his
brother Rene Lachemann, appeared in 28 games for Oakland, going 4-1 with
an earned run average of 3.95 over 43.1 innings of work with a couple
of saves.
He would pitch for parts of two more seasons before toiling in the Minor
Leagues through the 1974 season, that last two in the Montreal Expos
organization.
All told, he finished his Big League career with a record of 7-4,
posting a final ERA of 3.44 over 70 appearances and 102 innings pitched,
collecting five saves, with all of his time in the Majors coming out of
the bullpen.
Between 1994 and 1996 he’d manage the California Angels, finishing his
managerial career with a 161-170 record, leading the Angels to a second
place finish in 1995.
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