July Pick up Thread

[spec]

Originally Posted by rpz2

Was shocked to see this as the only one graded by PSA

I believe this is a W502 (blank back), not W-unc. It does not picture Paul Waner, whose image appears on Lloyd Waner's card in the vast array of sets associated with this style. According to some sources, the image on this card is actually Carson Bigbee.

[edhans]

Originally Posted by spec

I believe this is a W502 (blank back), not W-unc. It does not picture Paul Waner, whose image appears on Lloyd Waner's card in the vast array of sets associated with this style. According to some sources, the image on this card is actually Carson Bigbee.

At least PSA got the year right. It is the vastly more difficult 1931 W502.

[MattyC]

D304 Cobb sighting! My favorite pre war card. What a beauty. The Honus is pretty, too but that Cobb has always grabbed my eye. Very hard to find these days. Congrats!

[wazoo]

Thanks Scott!!

[JimC]

MattyC thanks. I agree. I love that whole set but it all started the first time I saw the Cobb.

[Rad_Hazard]

Picked up a lemon peel ball and this book. Looking forward to reading it.

[rpz2]

Originally Posted by spec

I believe this is a W502 (blank back), not W-unc. It does not picture Paul Waner, whose image appears on Lloyd Waner's card in the vast array of sets associated with this style. According to some sources, the image on this card is actually Carson Bigbee.

Thank you for the additional information - very interesting. I’ll definitely look into this further.

[Rad_Hazard]

Insanely quick turnaround on this re-holder from SGC. I could not be happier with how this looks. SO SHARP! Best overall player of the 19th century according to Cap Anson, Jim O'Rourke, and Paul Hines among others. The 19th century single season home run king!

Bio that I did on Williamson: https://youtu.be/fD78vNkcpA8

[oldjudge]

Not to rain on your parade but Williamson was a .255 lifetime hitter. He was also not a home run hitter. He hit a then record 27 HR in 1884 when the White Sockings played in a a park where the LF was 186 feet from home plate (prior to that season they were counted as doubles). Other than that year he never hit more than 9 HRs in a season and never led the league in HRs.

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Not to rain on your parade but Williamson was a .255 lifetime hitter. He was also not a home run hitter. He hit a then record 27 HR in 1884 when the White Sockings played in a a park where the LF was 186 feet from home plate (prior to that season they were counted as doubles). Other than that year he never hit more than 9 HRs in a season and never led the league in HRs.

I’m well aware of that. I cover all of that in the bio I made. All I’m saying is that a large number of his peers considered him the greatest player of the 19th century (or that they had ever seen) including the names I mentioned, much like Cobb’s peers would name him as the greatest.

All that aside he was still the single season home run king for 35 years until Ruth broke it.

As for the previous season (1883), you are right, anything over the fence counted as a double and Ed had 49 of them.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Insanely quick turnaround on this re-holder from SGC. I could not be happier with how this looks. SO SHARP! Best overall player of the 19th century according to Cap Anson, Jim O'Rourke, and Paul Hines among others. The 19th century single season home run king!

Bio that I did on Williamson: https://youtu.be/fD78vNkcpA8

A really nice looking card, I'm not a pre 1900 guy as alot of the images are faded, if they all looked like that I might be tempted to jump in the pool.

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

A really nice looking card, I'm not a pre 1900 guy as alot of the images are faded, if they all looked like that I might be tempted to jump in the pool.

Thanks! That was what initially drew me to it, it's extremely vivid for an OJ.

[ullmandds]

a few more ruths added to the pile!

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

a few more ruths added to the pile!

That Ruth Candy beautiful!

I'll need to grab some Baby Ruth's and test this claim...

[Clutch-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Insanely quick turnaround on this re-holder from SGC. I could not be happier with how this looks. SO SHARP! Best overall player of the 19th century according to Cap Anson, Jim O'Rourke, and Paul Hines among others. The 19th century single season home run king!

Bio that I did on Williamson: https://youtu.be/fD78vNkcpA8

Great card, sir!

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by Clutch-Hitter

Great card, sir!

Thank you!

[oldjudge]

I listened to the Williamson bio that you did—fantastic job! I really enjoyed it.

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I listened to the Williamson bio that you did—fantastic job! I really enjoyed it.

Thank you, I really appreciate that! It's a lot of fun to research 19th century players and it lets me work on my voice over without the pressure of my larger narration projects.