NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 TOM DETTORE

Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1974 card for former pitcher Tom Dettore, who made his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1973:

Dettore appeared in 12 games for Pittsburgh in 1973, going 0-1 with a 5.96 earned run average over 22.2 innings of work.

He'd be traded during the off-season to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Popovich and play out what was the remaining three years of his career with the organization.

He'd go 3-5 in 1974 and 5-4 in 1975 before appearing in only four games in 1976, his last year in the Big Leagues.

All told, he'd finish his career with a record of 8-10 over 56 appearances, with 15 starts, throwing 179.2 innings and posting an ERA of 5.21.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 TOM DETTORE

Up on the blog today we have a “not so missing” 1977 career-capper for former Chicago Cubs pitcher Tom Dettore, who played out his four-year Major League career with a handful of games in 1976:

Dettore appeared in four games for the Cubs in the bicentennial season, going 0-1 with an earned run average of 10.29 over seven innings.
Turns out those would be the last games of his Big League career, as he’d spend all of 1977 in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system before retiring.
Dettore had a mixed bag of a career, mainly as an arm out of the bullpen with occasional starts here and there, finishing up his career with 68 appearances, including 15 starts.
Overall he ended up with a record of 8-11, with a 5.21 ERA in 179.2 innings pitched, with 106 strikeouts and 78 base on balls issued, all with the Cubs except for the first 12 appearances of his career in 1970, with the team that drafted him, the Pittsburgh Pirates.