T210 Hyames Thoughts
 

Or Jud Hyams to be correct.I picked up this card awhile back.It always intrigued me as being the only T210 card printed for the Wilmington team.My original theory was maybe a last minute team change before production.After looking into the player a little more it appears he only played one year in 1910.He had the worst batting average on the roster and it seems silly to me that he is the lone representative of the team.After all this time I doubt there were any other players/cards that will be found and added to the Wilmington checklist.So what's up with this card?Some alternative theories I have come up with are

Misidentified player
Other Wilmington cards yet to be checklisted
Famous/Noteworthy in some other form
My research is flawed
He was the brother of the printer and snuck in the set lol

So I pose the question to the board.Just what is the deal with this Hyames guy

http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...a&mobile=false

maybe it is Judson Hyames?
 

Do these look like they could be the same guy? Maybe they had the spelling correct all along.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...son_Hyames.pnghttp://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...18_%202014.jpg

From wikipedia: "Judson A. Hyames (c. 1888 – August 19, 1949) was the head baseball coach at Western Michigan University from 1922 to 1936. In his 15 years at WMU, he posted a 166–62–2 record. In his honor, WMU's baseball stadium—Hyames Field—was named after him. He also played for the WMU baseball team in 1915. From 1937 to 1949, he served as the school's athletic director until his death.

Hyames was also an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan in 1926, under football coach Fielding H. Yost."

This would mean he was about 22 in 1910, which could fit--maybe he got homesick and quit. BTW, he not only had the lowest BA on the team, but he played in the fewest games--10. An anomoly for sure.

I think your on to something here.Im almost positive they are one in the same.So he appears to have gone on to some notoriety.My search did come upon HyamesField but with the level player he was I didn't connect the two and didn't look into that angle anymore.Thank you for sharing you knowledge on the subject.An anomaly for sure.

Maybe he was supposed to be a big deal when the set was released.


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I like that theory Alex maybe he was a cant miss prospect that did not pan out for whatever reason.

I love hearing about those guys. Growing up one of my best friends had a dad who had a cup of coffee with the Yankees, Roger Holt. He had one career hit. A few years ago I saw that someone wrote a book about people who had exactly one career hit.


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