NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1975 STEVE BARR

Here’s a “not so missing” 1975 card for a player who made one appearance in 1974, a complete game Major League debut for 22-year-old pitcher Steve Barr:

Barr made that one start count in his big league debut, scattering seven hits over nine-innings with six walks and three strikeouts, allowing four runs while gaining the victory.
Not a bad start to a career!
The following season he’d only appear in three games however, starting two of them and finishing up with an 0-1 record with a very nice 2.57 earned run average over seven innings.
In 1976, which would be his last in the big leagues, Barr found himself with the Texas Rangers, appearing in 20 games, with half of them starts, ending up with a 2-6 record with a 5.59 ERA in 67.2 innings, with three complete games thrown in.
It would even get him a spot on one of the multi-player rookie cards in the 1976 set, airbrushed into a Texas cap to keep him “current”.
But he would never see another Major League game again, finishing up his career with a 3-7 record along with a 5.16 ERA in 24 appearances and 83.2 innings pitched.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 STEVE BARR

Here’s a “missing” 1977 card for former pitcher Steve Barr, who already threw the last of his Major League innings in 1976 with the Texas Rangers:

Barr, who originally came up with the Red Sox in 1974, appeared in 20 games with the Rangers, 10 of them starts, putting together a 2-6 record with a 5.59 earned run average over 67.2 innings of work.
The previous two seasons he played in a combined four games for Boston, going an even 1-1 in 15 innings.
All together he’d finish with a 3-7 MLB record over 24 games, throwing four complete games among his 13 starts, with a 5.16 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 83.2 innings.