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[Brick442]

How about Harry Saferight, 79 Pirates? Was called up and on deck three times, however the final out was made each time and he never got an AB or appearance in the majors. Was that close to appearing in the book. Never called back up in subsequent seasons.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Brick442

How about Harry Saferight, 79 Pirates? Was called up and on deck three times, however the final out was made each time and he never got an AB or appearance in the majors. Was that close to appearing in the book. Never called back up in subsequent seasons.

here is a picture:

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Brick442

How about Harry Saferight, 79 Pirates? Was called up and on deck three times, however the final out was made each time and he never got an AB or appearance in the majors. Was that close to appearing in the book. Never called back up in subsequent seasons.

Saferight is the cover player for my book about players who were with the Pirates during the regular season, but never got to play in a game

[Piratedogcardshows]

Richmond Virginia has our very own Moonlight Graham, Reddy Foster. Born and died tragically in Richmond after being a local base stealing talent and made a similar 1 game appearance to Mr Graham. No official AB. I have been working on a article piece of his that even led me to discover his gravesite long lost to time! I’ll finish it up soon and post here on the forum. God I love this stuff!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddy_Foster Not a nice man by many accounts. Baseball was a rough game back then.

[jerseygary]

And then there is Jesse "Tiny" Baker. He played shortstop for Washington in the September 14, 1919 game against Detroit. In the top of the second the 5'-4" shortstop was spiked by Ty Cobb and was taken out of the game. He never got to bat and never played in the majors again. You can read about him HERE

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[Hankphenom]

Great thread!

[frohme]

Many fall in this category, including a T207 set collector's nemesis: Irving Lewis



Keith Olbermann's SABR article on Lewis provides his minimal contribution to the game as:

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When Lewis finally appeared in a Braves’ game, it was not behind the plate, but as a pitcher. On April 28, 1912, he defeated the Paterson team of the Inter-State League in a Sunday exhibition game played in New Jersey. Lewis struck out four, walked five and gave up nine hits in the 4-3 triumph. His pitching opponent that day was Paterson’s player-manager, Andy Coakley, a veteran of Connie Mack’s pitching staffs in Philadelphia.

That exhibition game victory and those four spring training at-bats were the extent of Irving Lewis’ major league career, such as it was

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[ldrunner27]

Can't forget Eddie Gaedel