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Posted By: ItsOnlyGil

I recently purchased a Marshall & Ball Clothier's trade card from a fellow board member which shows a rather dejected ballplayer leaning over his bat with his hand up to his mouth as if (to me) wondering. The title of the card is "A Heavy Hit"
I use it to depict the Chicago White Stockings 1877 season - in which they set the still standing record for home run hitting futility; with a team season production of zero home runs.


Edited to add:
As a side note, the Chicago White Stockings, seven years later set the record for home run hitting success with a team season production which was not broken for 43 years (until the 1927 Yankees).