Anyone strictly buy a single specific player?

[ValKehl]

Post-War: Pete Runnels & Mickey Vernon, who were my faves when I was a kid.
Pre-War: I started with Walter Johnson, then added Sam Rice, and more recently I added all the other players on the Wash. Senators 1924 (and only) Championship Team.

[Tennis13]

I collect 1933 Goudey. When I was a kid in Clearwater, Florida I would get to skip school 1 day per year and watch the Phillies with my grandpa at Jack Russell Stadium --- but for some reason I feel like it was always called Jack Russell Field by my family and friends--- and JR happens to have 2 cards in the 1933 set, so everytime I see one that catches my eye, I buy it. There are a few out there highly graded that are owned by a bid rigger name, so I refuse to buy those. Most others, though, I buy when I see them.

[Exhibitman]

Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer" like Chuck Klein (whose numbers were greatly aided by playing in a small park in Philly), Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. He had a restaurant in San Francisco and was a bon vivant and man about town. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. There are a number of rather rare Japanese cards of him. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."

I find his story interesting and I used to visit his bar when I lived in SF.

[pingman59]

I collect cards of these players:

Glenn Beckert (First ball player I met. I was 12.)

Eric Soderholm (Fond memories of the 1977 South Side Hit Men. 3rd Base!)

Si Johnson (He's from my hometown of Sheridan, IL) Collection complete as far as I can tell.


Robin Ventura (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Joe Crede (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Can you tell 3rd Base is my favorite position and I'm a White Sox fan?

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by pingman59

I collect cards of these players:

Glenn Beckert (First ball player I met. I was 12.)

Eric Soderholm (Fond memories of the 1977 South Side Hit Men. 3rd Base!)

Si Johnson (He's from my hometown of Sheridan, IL) Collection complete as far as I can tell.


Robin Ventura (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Joe Crede (White Sox. 3rd Base!)



Can you tell 3rd Base is my favorite position and I'm a White Sox fan?

Beckert is such a nice person. Visited with him many times at Cubs camp. He is not in the best of health but still a great guy.

[EGreenwood]

I collect a number of players, mostly with connections to childhood. The player most appropriate for this forum is Oscar Stanage. The first T (206) Card I got was an Oscar Stanage. My dad bought me a pair (also a Hinchman) on a visit. We went to a long-gone card shop in Anaheim, where he bought me a pair. The rest is history.

Erik Greenwood

[gracecollector]

I have collections of:

Rabbit Maranville - http://www.rabbitmaranville.com

Carl Lundgren - http://www.baseballcardstars.com/per...ollection.html

Don Zimmer - http://baseballcardstars.com/zimfiles/index.html

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer" like Chuck Klein (whose numbers were greatly aided by playing in a small park in Philly), Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. He had a restaurant in San Francisco and was a bon vivant and man about town. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. There are a number of rather rare Japanese cards of him. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."

I find his story interesting and I used to visit his bar when I lived in SF.

Thanks for sharing. For some reason O'Doul slipped thru the cracks for me as far as his baseball feats, etc. Sounds like I'm not the only one :-) Anyway ... quite a career ... and life! And a great candidate for collecting a specific players card if I've ever heard one! Very cool PCL card BTW.

[Baseballcrazy62]

If anyone has any Frank Bowerman raw or slabbed cards I may be interested in purchasing them.

Thanks

[darwinbulldog]

Not exclusively so in my case, but I do have about a dozen different Whitey Glazner cards and related items, which for me is a lot, and am always looking for more if anybody has a lead on any of the obscure ones (mainly the various W575-1 types).

[kmac32]

Elmer Miller of the 1921 and 1922 Yankees. He is my Great Great uncle on mom’s side of the family. Have 16 varieties of his card.