Sam Crawford...??

[RCMcKenzie]

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[benchod]

Here's an early one; looks like he is ready for the reception

[Bridwell]

Sam Crawford was one of the top hitters in the deadball era. He was a power hitter that had lots of extra base hits. He didn't steal many bases compared to others of his day and was a hard-working quiet guy. He was a great RBI man, before RBI became a popular statistic. The media tended to focus on batting average, runs scored and stolen bases in that era, so Crawford wasn't leading the league in those categories. He may have been a little slow in the outfield. In 1911, for example, he had 181 putouts while Ty Cobb had 376.

He is undervalued as a HOF player and a good one to collect.

[doug.goodman]

Here are a few things :

[bcbgcbrcb]

Craig:

That's the Crawford Rookie, if you own it, must be one of the top few items in your collection, huh?

[benchod]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Craig:

That's the Crawford Rookie, if you own it, must be one of the top few items in your collection, huh?

I don't know Phil
I don't get as excited about "rookies" as you
I do like w600s though

[Bosox Blair]

One of my faves to collect...a few more:

[Zone91]

You all have super nice looking cards that is for sure!!!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

Sam Crawford was one of the top hitters in the deadball era. He was a power hitter that had lots of extra base hits. He didn't steal many bases compared to others of his day and was a hard-working quiet guy. He was a great RBI man, before RBI became a popular statistic. The media tended to focus on batting average, runs scored and stolen bases in that era, so Crawford wasn't leading the league in those categories. He may have been a little slow in the outfield. In 1911, for example, he had 181 putouts while Ty Cobb had 376.

He is undervalued as a HOF player and a good one to collect.

And he was a Nebraskan!

Here is a photo from the Matty McIntyre scrapbook