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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Justin
Anybody out there have a favorite marginal player? Who is it an why? |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Rhys
Pickles Dillhoefer - Great up and coming player who died young after an operation for injuries suffered during a game in 1922. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Josh Adams
Pants Rowland. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Rich Klein
Jimmy Wynn and Cesar Cedeno and from the pre-war era -- let's say Orval Overall -- what a cool name |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Does Victory Faust count? |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: davidcycleback
Perhaps not obscure, but I always liked the reliever Doug Jones. He was such a slow pitcher, his fast ball was his change up. I remember he'd toss consecutive 60 mph pitches, then throw his slow pitch. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jon Canfield
Myron Grimshaw |
#8
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Frank Evanov
Specs Toporczer. He was almost blind when he played [he eventually lost all his sight], but he lasted almost a decade in the majors and hit .279. He has a chapter in "The Glory of Their Times.". |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: davidcycleback
As a former baseball autograph collector, I had a pile of obscure early 1900s players. Some players had lifetime MLB careers that consisted of literally one at bat (retired a 1.00 or 0.00 hitter). Some pitchers played in one game. I always wondered what was the history behind their careers, especially when the pitcher when didn't give up a run and the player got a hit. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: howard
Sam Militello. Wasn't even that long ago but pretty much forgotten today. Statistically was one of the great minor league pitchers ever before he got injured. Something like 34-8, 1.75 ERA and plenty of K's. Managed to pitch a few good games with the Yankees in the early 90's before his career was effectively ended at twenty-two. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bill Stone
Boileryard Clarke --1893-1905 |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: john/z28jd
When i first wanted to buy a t204 card i went for the most obscure player i could find in the set.The reason was i was collecting t206s and figured at that time i could go for t205s and t207s afterwards so i wanted a t204 player that wasnt in any of those sets just so it was someone different. I eventually settled on Tom Reilly who also happened to be the cheapest card the guy had for sale. Since then ive bought 4 more Reilly cards and really havent found any info on the guy and that was at least 10 years ago i bought the first one. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: J Levine
Jack Clements- Phillies, one of the last left handed catchers and an interesting guy. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: joe brennan
Boog Powell and Moose Skowran. (sp) |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Seth B.
Vintage - Arlie Latham |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: John S
I like Ed Abbaticchio, one of the first Itilian-Americans of note to play professional baseball. He is also played professional football for the Latrobe, PA team. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: jay behrens
Guy Hecker, the only pitcher to win a batting title. Benny Kauff is also a fave. |
#18
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Dave S
Big Ed Reulbach and Vic Saier.. |
#19
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Anonymous
Germany Schaefer comes to mind. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: joe brennan
Germany Schaefer comes to mind. |
#21
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Rhys
I believe Schaefer was trying to draw a throw for a double steal. He went to second and the catcher did not throw, so he took off aain and stole first. I think it worked if I remember right, but I am sure it was an attempted double steal. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Judson Hamlin
19th C- "Pa" Harkins - he's in the Old Judge set and he was a local (New Brunswick, NJ) guy |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Brian
Paul Strand |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Larry
Don Gullett. If only he hadn't injured that rotator cuff.. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jerry
Glenn Myatt |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Randy Trierweiler
Based on name only: |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ken McMillan
Rich Nye of the 1969 Chicago Cubs. Lefty pitcher who later went on to Veterinary Medicine. Pre war Fred Merkle Famous for the Merkel Deboner |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Anonymous
In my lifetime - Bill Lee & Mark Fidrych. Two entertaining nutjobs. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bruce Babcock
Ping Bodie & Ivy Wingo. Matt Batts. Biff Pocoroba. Hurricane Hazle. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: David Kern
Zeke Bonura and Smead Jolley. If they'd played in the DH era they might have been HOFers. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bill Todd
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Dave Williams
Mike Phillips - utility infielder with the Mets and Cardinals in the 70's. |
#33
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bob
Turkey Mike Donlin. Yes, yes I know he wasn't obscure in 1909 but hardly anyone other than people on this board know what a great (and colorful) player he was. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Cy
When I was a kid, any time I played a game I would always say, "I'm Gene Alley" and run out to play shortstop. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: CN
Mine would have to be George Theodore AKA the stork. He looked very awkward in the outfield. He played for the Mets in I think 1973-1974 until an awful colission ruined his career. CN |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ed
Archibald Graham (not to be confused with Burt Lancaster). |
#37
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: john/z28jd
Larry Yount,the brother of Robin had less of a career than Graham did. He hurt his arm while throwing his warm-up pitches after being called in from the bullpen and never pitched in that game,then never made it back to the majors.Hes only in the baseball encyclopedia because his name was announced,not for actually playing |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: peter chao
A pretty average player for the Cubs. The guy's one claim to fame is that his story formed the basis for "the Natural." |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: T E McMorrow
Choo Choo Coleman, NY Mets, class of '62! |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Scott Raasch
Obscure enough that you don't hear him mentioned very often... |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Harriet
Frederick Mitchell Walker aka Mysterious Walker was my grandfather. My father told me Fred got the nick name because he was AWOL from games and when he turned up, his pitching was inconstant. However, he was pretty consistent OFF the field - which doesn't really count! Very tough & stern man. His also had a passion for football - he coached at University of Texas and Chicago, and all 3 of his sons playing college football, with Paul Frederick Walker football captain of Yale 1946 going on to play pro football. Does anyone have any photos they can share with me? I'm living in Australia and hard to find stuff down here. Many thanks. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: fkw
Home Run guys like Cy Williams, Gavvy Cravath, and Joe Hauser (69 HRs in one season), and some of the PCL guys, Smead Jolley, Ping Bodie, Lefty O'Doul, etc. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Kevin Cummings
He's not really obscure, but probably not very well known either considering how long and how well he played the game. Roger "Doc" Cramer is a local hero in the Jersey shore area of Long Beach Island. He was a pretty good player in his day - 20 years, .296 career batting average, 2705 hits, won a World Series with Detroit in 1945. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: leslie westbrook
Granny Hamner |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
What a great thread! I missed this one. |
#46
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Larry
Roy Hobbs |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Clint
My favorite player would be Forrest "Woody" Jensen. He played for the Pirates in the 30's. As a kid I would marvel at his stories of Babe Ruth. He also played for Wichita's minor league club as well as starring in the local National Baseball Congress tournament. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Marc S.
Chas. Ferguson. May have been a true 19th century superstar, but for his catching typhoid fever. |
#50
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
A guy by the name of Bob Cremins, who was up for the proverbial "cup of coffee" with the Red Sox about 1927. He tells a funny story of when he faced Babe Ruth in a game. I got to know Bob a little in the 70's & 80's when he was in the business of providing and erecting the ring for small time boxing and karate events or "smokers" and I was working with fighters. |
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