Fewest AB's with a card for a Vintage major leaguer

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Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>Despite Elliot's admonitions, I stumble into card purchases now and again. I bought a Willards Chocolates V174 last night of Samuel [noted by seller to be:]"W" Wilson. <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5236849576" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5236849576</a><br /><br />I haven't seen this card before, but I assume it is actually Samuel M (as it looks like in the scan) Wilson, or per <a href="http://www.baseballreference.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseballreference.com</a>, Mike Wilson<br /><br /><img src="http://216.205.68.84/harvey/aj-32-12-20.jpg"><br /><br />What is (somewhat) interesting about Mike is that he only had four ab's in the majors <a href="http://baseballreference.com/w/wilsomi01.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://baseballreference.com/w/wilsomi01.shtml</a><br /><br />Aside from pitchers, does anyone know of other vintage cards for players with fewer major league lifetime AB's? (And if the card isn't of Mike Wilson, please let me know)<br /><br />Max

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Posted By: <b>Tim Newcomb</b><p>...would probably be the most notorious. He never had a single at-bat in the major leagues. No one knows why he was included in the set, but this might have something to do with the card's scarcity.<br /><br />I expect there are several other vintage cards of players with zero at-bats. It's an interesting thread.<br /><br />Tim

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Obermeyer</b><p>Ok, it's not quite vintage... but Herb Washington has a card in the 1975 Topps set. What's so interesting about him? He appeared in 105 regular season games with the A's in 1974 and 1975... all as a pinch runner! That's right, no ABs, and he never played even a half an inning in the field defensively. He was Charley Finley's great experiement - take a world class track star and make him a full time pinch runner. Imagine keeping someone on the roster just for that reason.<br /><br />Jeff

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Posted By: <b>identify7</b><p>Great thread! I collect cards of players who made it to MLB, but did not get a chance to pitch, hit nor field.<br /><br />Of course there is the Moonlight Graham schlorship foundation card which fits this criteria. <br /><br />There are several OJs, such as one pose of Alcott; and other pre-war cards.<br /><br />A recent thread pointed out that Bill Sharman (of basketball fame) also fits this description.<br /><br />And don't forget Eddie Gaedel. Fritsch has made a card showing him at bat.<br /><br />There are lots of others with no MLB at bats.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Max, so you are the dirty rat that outbid me on that card. It is his only card appearance, thus I needed it for my player. If you ever decide to sell, please let me know.<br /><br />The t207 set has a number of players that never actually made it to the bigs. Rassmussen is the only other I can think of off hand, but I think there are 4 or 5 total in the set. Then there are all the players in the minor league sets that never got a major league AB <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Jay<br><br>My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>Look at the stats for John Roach. He pitched 1 game:<br /><br />8 innings, 18 hits, 17 runs, 10 earned<br />4 at bats, 1 hit<br /><br />Yet he has 6 different poses in the N172 offering.<br /><br />Now lets compare that to a pitcher that won 163 games in his first five seasons yet only has 2 different poses in the N172 series. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>2 career ABs in 1913:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1126163250.JPG"> <br /><br /><br />-Ryan<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>I know this is stretching it a bit (he's got <b>lots</b> of cards, although neither vintage nor as a player), but famous Dodger manager Walter Alston had one at bat for the Saint Louis Cardinals in 1936. He struck out.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alstowa01.shtml" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alstowa01.shtml</a>

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Posted By: <b>identify7</b><p>Can anyone help me identify who Johnny Griffith from the w519 set is? I haven't been able to get even a scan of this card, so I do not know the team nor position of this "player".<br /><br />All I am going by is a price guide listing.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>one thing you have to careful about with the strip sets is that for some reason, a number of players have been misidentified. I discovered this doing my research to create the player database. Easiest way to find out a players and how double checked the names was go to baseball-reference.com that will tell you everything you want to know about a player, if the name on the card or checklist is correct.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.