NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 JIM YORK

Up on the blog today, we have a career-capping “not so missing” 1977 card for former pitcher Jim York, who played in a handful of games for the New York Yankees during the 1976 season:

York, who was coming off four straight seasons pitching for the Houston Astros, appeared in only three games for the Yankees in 1976, going 1-0 and pitching to a 5.59 earned run average in 9.2 innings of work.
York put in seven years in the Big Leagues, appearing in 174 games and throwing 285 innings, all but four appearances out of the bullpen.
Over that time he finished with a career 16-17 record, with an ERA of 3.79 and 10 saves pitching for the Kansas City Royals, Astros and those three games with the New York Yankees.

MISSING IN ACTION- 1974 JIM YORK

Was originally going to have this as a “not so missing” card, but realized that it really was a “missing in action” 1974 card for former reliever Jim York of the Houston Astros. So here you go:

York appeared in 41 games for Houston during the 1973 season, going 3-4 with an earned run average of 4.42 over 53 innings of work with six saves.
Definitely enough action in the season to warrant a card in the 1974 set don’t you think?
Ironically, York WAS given a card in both the 1973 set after a 1972 season that saw him appear in only 26 games with 36 innings pitched.
Nevertheless, York put in seven years in the Big Leagues, appearing in 174 games and throwing 285 innings, all but four appearances out of the bullpen.
Over that time he finished with a career 16-17 record, with an ERA of 3.79 and 10 saves pitching for the Kansas City Royals, Astros and three games with the New York Yankees in his final year of 1976 (watch for that “not so missing” card right here in the near future).