Bob Caruthers And The HOF

[Rad_Hazard]

Here is my Caruthers, the incorrectly named "Scrapps" set. I know this has been posted before, but I always like to post this link when I post one of mine since these are likely the first ever gum cards.

https://loveofthegameauctions.com/th...rapps-tobacco/

As for Parisian Bob, I definitely think he belongs in the hall. The only pitcher ever with over 200 wins and less than 100 losses, won 40 games twice, and had a .282 batting average, even leading the league in SLG and OPS one season.

I think he is definitely a hall of famer and I hope he gets in, although I agree with some here that there are other 19th century guys that should go in before him such as:

Jack Glasscock
Jim McCormick
Tony Mullane
Bobby Mathews
Charlie Bennett
As well as pioneers such as Ross Barnes and Cal McVey.

I like this old poem about Glasscock:

The St. Louis Globe Democrat (August 29, 1898) published the following poem about Glasscock:

With a knife in his teeth and a gun in his belt,
With a dynamite bomb in his goodly right hand,
With a dagger in his shoe and a sword in his side
Tears the giant toward the spot where King Glasscock doth stand.
And the ambulance close at his heels tears along,
With bandages, plasters, splints, sponges, and such
And the doctors agree as they watch the “Great steal”
That of giant and of Glasscock, there won’t be much left.

[Mussari]

Charlie Buffington and Bob Caruthers on my E.R. Williams. It also has the double rr spelling of Carruthers. Very similar cases for 19th century Hall of Fame Candidates.