Interesting facts about Pre-War Players - share yours

[brianp-beme]

George "Tex" Wisterzil played in both 1914 and 1915 in the Federal Leagues, as well as 16 years in the minors, including a 1918 through 1923 stretch in the PCL. He is featured in four different Zeenut sets (1918, 1919, 1920 and 1922) with three different spellings of his last name (Wisterzill, Westerzil, and Westersil), all incorrect.

Brian

[GeoPoto]

James E. "Grasshopper" Whitney. Pitcher with the Washington Nationals in 1887-1888. In 1881, Whitney's 31-33 record led the league in both wins and losses; 31 wins still stands as the MLB record for wins and a losing record. He died in 1891 of tuberculosis at the age of 33.

(Note that the flip identifies Art Whitney, who was an active MLB player in the era, but never for Washington. Jim Whitney, on the other hand, played for Washington in 1887-1888. The picture on the card is generic.)

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1688118228

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Wow, 33 was his unlucky number. Kind of a Bizarro Roger Maris thing going on with him (61 in 61).

[Vintagecatcher]

There have been 94 players who have finished their career with a 1.000 batting average with 83 of them finishing at 1-for-1, according to The Elias Sports Bureau.

One of those players is catcher George Yantz, who went 1 for 1 for the Cubs in 1912.

Here are his 1910 T210-3 cards (Red and Orange borders)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...antzge01.shtml

Patrick