Extrarodinary Difficult Baseball Card Trivia Question

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Posted By: <b>bruce Dorskind</b><p><br /><br />Name 20th century pitchers who threw a complete game no-hitter<br />but never had a baseball card issued with their picture on it.<br /><br />The only example we can think of is Bobo Hollomon, the only<br />rookie to ever throw a complete game no hitter in his first major<br />league appearance.<br /><br />FYI, Hollomon lasted only one season with the St. Louis Browns.<br />His 1953 no hitter was the only complete game of his one year<br />career. It was also the swan song for the beloved Brownies.<br /><br /><br />Bruce Dorskind<br />America's Toughest Want List

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>A few guesses:<br /><br />Weldon Henley, July 22, 1905<br />Mal Eason, July 20, 1906<br />Earl Hamilton, August 30, 1912<br />Tom Hughes, June 26, 1916<br />Ernie Koob, May 5, 1917<br />Bobby Burke, August 8, 1931<br />Clyde Shoun, May 15, 1944<br />Ed Head, April 23, 1946<br />Clay Buchholz, September 1, 2007<br /><br />A couple of these guys may have cards, but I doubt all do.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Brad Green</b><p><br />Perhaps Buchholz shouldn't be included. Buchholz wasn't a 20th century pitcher (at least not in the majors) and probably does have a minor league card.<br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Oops...you're right! It is the 21st century. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Tim Newcomb</b><p>Hi Barry,<br />Those are good guesses-- I've got cards of <br /><br />Earl Hamilton (M101-4), Tom Hughes (M116), Bobby Burke (33 Goudey), Clyde Shoun (W753), and Ed Head (1941 Dodgers team set, if you call that a card)<br /><br />That leaves Henley, Eason, Koob, and Bucholz...<br /><br />I want to say Koob might be in a W strip card set, but not sure.<br /><br /><br />What about Rube Foster (1916)? I'm not finding any cards of him off the top of my head. <br /><br />Also, what about the only Federal League pitcher to throw a no-hitter, Ed Lafitte? I think he is different from the Minor Leaguer Lafitte in T206? Is Ed in the Cracker Jack set?

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>"Name 20th century pitchers who threw a complete game no-hitter<br />but never had a baseball card issued with their picture on it."<br /><br />Barry,<br />Since the question wasn't specific to cards issued contemporaneous to one's career, I imagine the 1990 Target set issue of Ed Head would disqualify him?

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Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>Henley is on W600, E107 and the Lincoln PC's<br />Eason has W600<br />Bucholz and Koob have no card I can find

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Posted By: <b>Brad Green</b><p>Here is just one card of Buchholz. I'm sure there are many more. Most minor league teams have baseball card sets with the players on those teams.<br /><br /><a href="http://buytime.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1402953" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://buytime.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1402953</a><br /><br />The price for the card is $40 today. I wonder what it was this time yesterday.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Good work guys...I just went down the list and looked for players that were really obscure. I guess Koob is the only one.

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Well, Ernie wasn't completely forgotten.<br /><br /><img src="http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/oysterburns/th_KoobErnie1992ConlonTribute_card.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I show Henley in the e254 Colgan set also<br /><br />Jay<br><br>The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>"We" could only think of two great pitchers:<br /><br />Alex Rodriguez and Ernie Banks.<br /><br /><br />Mark<br />

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Posted By: <b>Tim Newcomb</b><p>I'm still wondering about Rube Foster. <br /><br />He is (obviously) not the same Rube Foster that's in the HOF as a Negro League pioneer. This one would be George Foster (1888-1976). It's odd because he played on very well-known teams (Red Sox 1913-17), but he seems to have fallen through the cracks. <br />Can anyone supply a card of him? <br /><br />Tim

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Holloman is #69 in the 1990 Baseball Wit set, and is #306 in Topps 1991 issue of their 1953 Archives set.<br /><br />He wasn't in any issue contemporary with his playing days, which is a normal way of thinking about such things.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I show George "Rube" Foster in the 1924 Zeenut set.<br /><br />Jay<br /><br />The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Bobo Holloman pitched a no hitter in his first start, but he made a few relief appearances before then. Buchholz threw his no hitter in his second appearance of any kind. Does anyone know if that is a record? I think it must be, but I've heard nothing about it.

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Posted By: <b>Glen Turner</b><p>Jay:<br />You mentioned George Rube Foster being on a 1924 Zeenut card. Do you have this card?<br />I sure would like to see a scan of it. I knew George when I was a kid.<br />He is also on the 1913 Fatima Team card of the Boston Red Sox.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Nick Maddox of the Pirates pitched a no-hitter in his 3rd start, that was in the early 1900s, probably around 1907 or so.

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Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p>No Lafitte in the Cracker Jack set. But Earl Hamilton is.<br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/griffins/crackerjacks/icons/CJ171.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Dustan Hedlin</b><p>Paul,<br /><br />Wilson Alvarez threw a no hitter for the White Sox in his 2nd career start in 1991.<br /><br />Edited - I originally stated that it was in his MLB debut, but it was just his first game with the White Sox.

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Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p> Charles "Bumpus" Jones threw a no-hitter in his first career start for the 1892 Reds. It was his only game of the year and he had just 2 career wins.<br /><br /> Ted Breitenstein pitched a no hitter in his 1st career start for the 1891 St Louis Browns of the AA. Hes in the t206 set. He pitched 5 career games in relief before that start,all in 1891

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Actually, Bobo Holloman does have a baseball card.<br /><br />-Ryan<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>Here are some Henley's<br />-Rhett<br /><img src="http://www.geocities.com/rhettmatthew_37/e254henley.JPG"> <img src="http://www.starsofthediamond.com/e270henley.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Glen, I do not have the card, just an extensive checklist of major league players and what cards they appear on, including minor league sets. There are a lot Zeenut collectors here, so maybe one of them does. Chances are, Mark Macrae has it and if he reads this hoefully, he might post a scan if he has one available.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.