Interesting footnotes - short careers, weird names, etc

[kkkkandp]

The Old Judge set is peppered with interesting tidbits and anomalies.

John Weyhing is pictured with the Philadelphia American Association team although his only major league action came with Cincinnati and Columbus. Harry Whitacre is also pictured with Philadelphia's AA entry although he apparently never played any major league baseball at all. The same is true for Charles Boyd despite being pictured with the Chicago Maroons of the Western Association.

And George Treadway may have been the first African American to have appeared on his own individual commercially available baseball card.

[deadballera]

Today is the anniversary of Moonlight Graham's appearance.

1905 With Giants leading the Superbas, 11-1, Archibald ‘Moonlight’ Graham makes his major league debut in bottom of the eighth inning as a defensive replacement in right field at Brooklyn’s Washington Park. The career minor leaguer, who will not have a major league at-bat in his only appearance in the big leagues, will become immortalized by W.P. Kinsella’s book "Shoeless Joe" and the movie based on the author’s work, "Field of Dreams."

[carrigansghost]

Jim Mains played one game in 1943 and his father stopped playing in 1886 making them the longest span between father and son to play in the majors. Willard and Jimmy also made some great baseball bats here in Maine(hint hint).

Rawn