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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Tom Russo
I like George "Hooks" Wiltse. Pitched for the Giants behind Matty, McGinnity and Dummy Taylor. Won 13 in a row to start his career in 1904. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: howard
John Paciorack, the greatest one game wonder ever. In his only game in 1962 or 1963 he went three for three with two walks, four runs and three RBIs for Houston. And he was only eighteen at the time! |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Kevin Saucier
Not pre-war but.... |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: DMcD
When I first read this thread I thought: Ho! Jay's back!? Peter's back!? Then I checked the dates. Anyway it's a good topic and was resurrected by the heretofore obscure and mysterious Mr. Walker's granddaughter so what the hey! By popular demand here is a Peter C. topic for you: which would you rather be, a Mayflower descendant or the distant relly of an old ballplayer? Me, I'd go with the ballplayer. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Dan Kravitz
But of course... Dan Kravitz |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: howard
Kevin, Dave and Dan....are you guys the former players or just similarly named? |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: judson hamlin
I'll go for Mike Tiernan. Trenton, NJ native and New York Giant outfielder in the 1880's with O'Rourke, Connor, Ward, Keefe, et al. Hit a fair number of home runs for the day and later ran a saloon in NYC. I believe he died during the 1919 flu pandemic. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: boxingcardman
Wilbur Wood: He had some great seasons but go zero respect because he was a fat knuckleballer. My first glove was a Wilbur Wood model. I painstakingly broke in that glove all winter, used it for a few years, and my mom threw it out. Man I wish I still had that one. I still have the bat I got at the same time (though it's cracked over the years). |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ed Ivey
Moonlight Graham |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Marty
Charles Victory Faust |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Scot Reader
For some reason I have always cheered the loudest for the late 30s-or-older guys who are nearing either 3,000 hits or 300 wins, e.g. Harold Baines, Buddy Bell, Craig Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Bill Buckner, Carlton Fisk, Julio Franco, Jim Kaat, Phil Niekro, Al Oliver, Nolan Ryan, Rusty Staub, Robin Yount, etc., etc. One might classify them as "veterans on the bubble". |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Dave Hornish
I've got to go with Shotgun Shuba. The nickname is for the bat, not the arm... |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
In the Fall of 1949, as an 11 year old kid, my hero for life was Johnny Lindell. In the final weekend of the season it was "do or die" for |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: fred
pete gillespie |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: john/z28jd
Fred,there are 5 major leaguers who were born in Carbondale,PA Gillespie is the only one im sure of having a card though. Jack Fee,Ed Kennedy,Tex Hoyle and Pat Kilhullen were all born in the same town and all but one of the six were basically lifelong residents |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Pickles Dillhoefer |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: howard
Jodi, by the looks of your list I think you may want to add Chicken Hawks and Sibby Sisti. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Sure, why not! Also, one I forgot that has always made me laugh for no particular reason, Waddy MacPhee. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Bill
I apologize for not listing a pre-war player but this player immediately popped into my mind when I read the thread title. He played for the Orioles, maybe other teams at least in the late 80's early 90's. Something about the name Larry Sheets just sounds like it's not real. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Along your lines, Bill, I always felt the same way about Rance Mullinicks and Rusty Kuntz. I mean, come on! |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Richard L.
Don't know if this one has been mentioned, check it out. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jim Dale
Joe Rudi that is...A's outfielder later with the Angels, from my home town and was the first major league player I met. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
You guys have done very well!!!! |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Darrell
Joe Charboneau --- GO Super Joe--Tribe ROY 1980 |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jeremy
Hub Perdue... T206 Southern Leaguer, who also appears in the Cracker Jack series. He grew up in the community in which I live and played ball a few miles away... (Nashville) |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ken W.
Good trivia answers: |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Mark
Dummy Hoy |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: john/z28jd
Ken,an even interesting bit of trivia is that when Ruth broke Williamsons record most people didnt know it. Buck Freeman who hit 25 homers in 1899 was interviewed right before Ruth broke the record and became "known" again because they thought he was the single season record holder. So when Ruth hit is 26th homer that year on september 8th he was crowned by many as the new single season home run king when he actually wasnt the single season leader until september 24th when he hit his 28th. Somewhere in a book i have is an excerpt of the Freeman article and it was interesting to read his thoughts about it |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Ken W.
John |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: DD
Sidd Finch. So obscure, no one has seen or heard of him in years. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Jeremy, you Nashville Vol fan... please email me at your convenience. Thanks. |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Hub Perdue had a great nickname, too, if I recall! "The Gallatin Squash"! |
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Who is your favorite obscure baseball player?
Posted By: Anonymous
Piano Legs Gore. |
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