Plenty of players get a cup of coffee in the majors and then never come back. Plenty get a cup of coffee in one season and then end up back in the majors at some point in the next season. It’s a bit rarer to get a cup of coffee, spend a couple seasons in the minors, and then break through and become a really good major league player.
Red Rolfe ended up becoming a really good player for the Yankees. His early career was a bit weird, though.
Rolfe was a talented player at Dartmouth and had been noticed by several major league teams.