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02-24-2007, 11:50 AM
Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>there are not many cards on Pitcher primarily shown with a bat in his hands and not on the mound or in the motion. Not including the Babe of course in his earlier cards.<br />I will start with this E93 Cy Young<br /><br /><img src="http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/47248.jpg">
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02-24-2007, 11:55 AM
Posted By: <b>jeffdrum</b><p>Walter Johnson V100 shows him with bat I believe.
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02-24-2007, 12:04 PM
Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1172261065.JPG">
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02-24-2007, 12:08 PM
Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>Here's Caruthers in an at bat pose. He's probably most well known as a great 19th century pitcher but he wasn't bad with a bat. He had a .282 lifetime batting average with two pretty good back to back seasons at bat: he was fourth in batting in 1886 with a .334 average and fifth in batting in 1887 with a .357 (American Association)<br /><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1172261303.JPG">
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02-24-2007, 12:47 PM
Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>Another 19th Century example - Ed "Cannoball" Morris. <br /><br />Why Goodwin pictured him batting is beyond me, since unlike his contemporary, Mr. Caruthers, Ed Morris was <b>awful</b> with the stick, having a paltry .161 lifetime batting average.<br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/kkkkandp/morris_fr.jpg">
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02-24-2007, 12:54 PM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>btw this is what a real Headin' Home card should look like (these are trimmed but ya' take 'em anyway ya' can <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>) once an armpit always an armpit..<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://luckeycards.com/phuncbaberuthheadinhomemetoperax2.jpg">
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02-24-2007, 03:19 PM
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p><img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/zouraspm/scan01hj67.jpg">
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02-24-2007, 04:57 PM
Posted By: <b>DMcD</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/Feb07/CJ_Tesreau.jpg"><br /><br />(Not my card. Image borrowed from good ol' vcp.com. Hope that's OK, Bobby B.)<br /><br />From <u>The Baseball Magazine</u> , November 1913<br /><a href="http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1913/bbm121i.pdf" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1913/bbm121i.pdf</a>
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02-24-2007, 04:57 PM
Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Pitchers in batting poses were fairly common in N172. The V100 Red Faber also shows him batting. If I remember correctly, Jim Kaat's 1973 Topps card shows him batting. The AL adopted the DH in '73, but the photo is obviously from '72 or before.
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02-24-2007, 05:00 PM
Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>The WG5 National Baseball Game Nap Rucker.
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02-24-2007, 05:06 PM
Posted By: <b>John S</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1172279164.JPG">
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02-24-2007, 06:51 PM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/108/274258073_9e95c7690d.jpg"><br /><br />Max
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02-24-2007, 07:20 PM
Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>Show off....
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02-25-2007, 08:39 AM
Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>Smilin Tim Keefe<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1172335143.JPG">