On Aug. 16, 1922, Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis charged Douglas with writing a letter to an opposing player (Les Mann of the St. Louis Cardinals) offering to desert the Giants, the team Douglas was pitching for, in order to hurt the team’s pennant chances, which Douglas did not deny.
If interested in Phil's story beyond the above passage that was paraphrased from the Hall of Fame website page, check out below:
https://baseballhall.org/discover/go...stellar-career
I show both the E120 American Caramel of 'Shufflin' and his W573 Type 2 strip card (blank backed, and the Type 2 versions have a similar but lighter green tint on front as seen on his E120, unlike the W573 Type 1 and 3, which are just plain black and white).
I am showcasing two Phil Douglas cards because I was mistakenly thinking his nickname was 'Whammy', but that was actually the nickname for William Douglas, a pitcher in the 1950's.
So my efforts to pull a double 'Whammy' on you all was doomed from the start. I guess instead I'll just be 'Shufflin' along with noggin bob-bobbin' down low with each step I take away from this post.
Brian (Phil is another player just shy of the 10 year MLB career required for Hall of Fame consideration)