Even
after all these years of obsessing over baseball cards, specifically
those of the 1970’s, you’re never too old to realize something new, as
in the case of former pitcher Dick Baney, who had two cards for his MLB
tenure, yet they were five years apart:
Baney spent parts of three seasons in the Big Leagues, 1969 with those
one-year wonders the Seattle Pilots, and then two consecutive seasons
with the Cincinnati reds in 1973 and 1974.
He appeared in nine games for his first taste of the Majors in 1969,
going 1-0 over 18.2 innings of work for Seattle with a 3.86 ERA.
Back on a Big League mound in 1973, he went 2-1 over 11 appearances with
a nice 2.93 ERA in 30.2 innings, following it up a year later with a
1-0 record, though sporting a bloated 5.49 ERA in 22 appearances and 41
innings pitched.
After a couple of Minor League seasons in 1975 and 1979, he called it a
career, finishing up with a 4-1 record and a 4.28 ERA in 42 appearances
and 90.1 innings pitched.
Always fun to see quirky stuff like this, even decades later!
Here’s
a “missing” 1975 card for a pitcher who got to taste what it felt like
to be part of the legendary “Big Red Machine” dynasty Cincinnati Reds of
the mid-1970’s, Dick Baney:
Baney only played three years in the Major Leagues, the first with the
Seattle Pilots in 1969, then making it back to a big league mound in
both 1973 and 1974 as a member of the powerhouse Reds.
In 1974 he posted a 1-0 record over 22 games and 41 innings pitched,
while he went 2-1 the previous season while appearing in 11 games with
30.2 innings.
Overall, Baney finished with a 4-1 lifetime record, with 42 appearances,
three of them starts, along with three saves and 38 K’s over 90.1
innings.
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