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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop
Ainge*, Baumholtz, Conley, Connors, DeBusschere*, Groat, Hamilton*, Hendrickson*, Nash*, Reed*, Ricketts* and Howie Schultz. All had baseball cards, and the players with an * had a basketball card at some level.
Doubt it will happen again due to schedule overlaps unless someone like Jordan or McGrady changes sports and has the time and talent
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I was just splicing some auction winnings into my 1961 Union Oil basketball set and remembered another man who played both baseball and basketball professionally. Though he never made the NBA, Rick Herrscher played for the minor league Hawaii Chiefs in 1961 and has a card in the 1961 Union Oil set. Despite playing 35 games for the Mets in 1962, he has no mainstream baseball card, but does appear in Larry Fritsch's One Year Wonders set. Another near-miss is basketball Hall of Famer Bill Sharman, who played in the minors for the Dodgers and even got into uniform for a game or two at Ebbets Field without actually seeing major league action.