The worst baseball card picture ever?

[darkhorse9]

There have been lots of questionable photos used in baseball cards over the years. From goofy to blurry to misidentified.
This one of Boss Schmidt from E92 Dockmans has to be the worst ever.

Itx not that it doesn't show his face, or clearly shows what's happening...IT'S A PAINTING!. The artist could literally have chosen to depict him in any other way. He chose a butt shot.
There is another, more standard, variation of him in the set, but this one defies explanation to me.
Anyone have worse examples?

[Vintagedeputy]

Not as bad as a butt shot, but I always felt that Steve Garvey‘s 1973 Topps card was pretty crappy for a star of his caliber.

[fisherboy7]

I can think of a few, but the 1996 Pinnacle Bob Hamelin is tough to beat. How this image passed quality control is beyond me.





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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

By 1973 Topps (based on 1972) Garvey wasn't a star yet.

MY favorite is:

[rats60]

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. That yellow bat looks ridiculous.

[Rich Falvo]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

By 1973 Topps (based on 1972) Garvey wasn't a star yet.

MY favorite is:

That one made me think of the 1958 Topps Brooks Robinson.

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[hammertime]

Originally Posted by Rich Falvo

That one made me think of the 1958 Topps Brooks Robinson.

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The modern version:

[JackR]

This has to be in the running…

[packs]

The cropping on the 35 Goudey left Babe with a similar look:

[jetsetr1]

Originally Posted by hammertime

The modern version:

Good call on the Soto. Probably the ugliest popular modern card. Reminds me of a Ferengi from Deep Space 9 smelling a fart.

48 Bowman Spahn isn't very flattering. You can land stealth bombers on his schnoz

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

Itx not that it doesn't show his face, or clearly shows what's happening...IT'S A PAINTING!. The artist could literally have chosen to depict him in any other way. He chose a butt shot.

Anyone have worse examples?

Is a posed butt shot as bad as a drawn butt shot? This is the Kalamazoo Bats card for Jocko Milligan and Harry Stowe (Stovey). [I do not own this card.}

[judsonhamlin]

If anyone can post this card, it’s kind of nightmarish

[ChasingPaper]

Have your pick from the '73 Topps set.

[G1911]

I'll take Boss Schmidt's ass over this one.

"Topps photographer" was a synonym for not caring about your quality of work for many years.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

If anyone can post this card, it’s kind of nightmarish

Here you go:

[Exhibitman]

Is it Reggie? I have no idea...

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

1984 Fleer of Glenn Hubbard and a snake. Did he borrow it from Jake "the Snake" Roberts?

[carlsonjok]

1998 Fleer Sports Illustrated Then & Now - Art of the Game #4

[paulmolive]

My all time fave

[Eric72]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nothing against anyone who likes them; however, I’m not a fan of most strip cards.

[G1911]

2 that were totally fine pictures to use - until the Topps art department got their hands on them and removed essential parts of the picture for it to not look stupid.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Brick442

Not Baseball, but an all-time stinker:


As for the 1973-1975 Topps photos, Topps had strict film-type requirements and they were not friendly to action shots nor were the lenses of the day.

Also, Topps requested photographer not use a flash, in fact, they preferred shadows under the cap and on the face?!?! I think they felt this gave the posed subjects a tougher look.

Originally Posted by G1911

This one is such a bad photo, I need to get a copy.

Have you ever checked out the 1991 Ultimate hockey card set? If not the worst set ever produced, I'm not sure what was?
https://shoeboxlegends.blogspot.com/...-set-ever.html
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Hockey/1991_Ultimate

[G1911]

Originally Posted by irv

Have you ever checked out the 1991 Ultimate hockey card set? If not the worst set ever produced, I'm not sure what was?
https://shoeboxlegends.blogspot.com/...-set-ever.html
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Hockey/1991_Ultimate

I don't really know Hockey, I have some 60's and 70's vintage and a few Score/Pro Set/Topps sets that I came into pretty much at a whim or randomly and had fun with. After looking these over and seeing they are worth the price of shipping, I just bought a set - like a third of the photos are contenders for this thread lol.

[whitehse]

I know its modern but I always thought this was a dopey looking card

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