Here is an E101 of Bill Bergen. With his batting, he must have been a dang fine catcher. In his baseball-reference website listing under his positions played, it shows a 'H' designation in 3 years, which indicates he was used as either a pinch hitter or pinch runner those years. He usually had a few stolen bases each year, not too horrible for a catcher, so I think perhaps he was used as a pinch runner. It is also possible that he was brought in as a pinch hitter just to bunt. It looks like the one thing he did decently as a hitter was the sacrifice hit, averaging just over 10 a year while only playing, on average, less than 60% of his team's games each year.
I also like his T206 card overall, but the large, radioactive buttons on his jersey have always distracted me a little.
Brian (shiny buttons can do that to a fellow)
Last edited by brianp-beme; 09-30-2024 at 01:22 PM.
Reason: changed card image and added T206 comment
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