Show Your One and Done's - Single Season Players

[packs]

Let's see some cards of some guys who only played one major league season.

Here's my Carl Horner cabinet of Harry Barton, who played 29 games for the 1905 Philadelphia Athletics:

[packs]

This is my 1919 Zeenut of Buzz Arlett. He was maybe the greatest minor league player of all time but played just one season in the majors. At age 32 he appeared in 121 games for the 1931 Philadelphia Phillies. He hit 313 and put up a 925 OPS:

[nolemmings]

Not a card, but an 8x10 Burke photo of Danny Musser, who played exactly one game in MLB, for the Senators. I'm pretty sure he's the only player in my collection with a .500 lifetime BA.

[GeoPoto]

Elmer Bowman made two pinch-hitting appearances for Washington in 1920. He never took the field. He did walk once and score a run.
https://net54baseball.com/attachment...1&d=1587573978

[GeoPoto]

Jim Banning actually "played" two seasons -- in 1888 he appeared in one game without a plate appearance and made it back in 1889 to appear in two more games and get his only MLB plate appearance. He made an out.
https://net54baseball.com/attachment...1&d=1587575034

[T206Collector]

Primarily known as a manager, but played shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1891 — 3 G, 13 PA, 11 AB. Never got a hit, but walked and stole a base.

[Tom S.]

Here is a 1927 American Caramel (E126) card of Ernie Cox.

On May 5, 1922 in a 6-3 loss to Cleveland, he pitched one inning, facing 6 batters. He gave up only one hit but walked two, while allowing 3 stolen bases and two of the runners to score to give him an ERA of 18.00.

That was his only Major League appearance.

[doug.goodman]

With sincere apologies for straying from the OP's specific request, but I believe staying very much within the spirit of the theme, here is possibly my favorite possession.

I bought it from a board member years ago.

Doug

[brianp-beme]

Taking things to another level, I found that at least 6 players in the 1911 Obak set played in just a single Major League game, which surprised me that there was so many. I'm not positive if it is a complete list, but here is what I found:

Phil Cooney - 1905 New York Yankees 3 AB
Lee 'Flame' Delhi - 1912 White Sox 3 IP
Monty Pyfl - 1907 Giants 1 PA
Hunky Shaw - 1908 Pirates 1 AB
Dave Skeels - 1910 Tigers 6 IP
Con Starkel - 1906 Senators 3 IP

As a side note, I love the back write-ups on the 1911 Obak set. Note how many 'clevers' you can spot, and doesn't every team need a player who plays a snappy game, is an enthusiastic worker, and to top it all off has a good supply of 'ginger'.

Brian

[pokerplyr80]

What modern players would you describe has having a good supply of ginger?

[Bill77]

I would think Justin Turner Would have plenty of ginger.

[phlflyer1]

One season, one appearance

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...yersjo01.shtml

[dlfallen]

Speaking of Hunky Shaw, he is a player who had more cards than MLB at-bats. Brian showed one of his Obak cards (he had two plus a cabinet). Here are his T206 and 1911 Zeenut:


FWIW, there are an awful lot of one-and-done players. 29% of players making the majors are done in one season. There were 16,115 players who had their last MLB game prior to 2010, 4,703 were one season players.

[ValKehl]

"Hi Ma, this smile is for you 'cause I finally made it to the Majors!" John Joseph "Oyster Joe" Martina played 21 years in the minors and for one season with the 1924 Senators, Washington's only WS Championship team until last year. Martina had a 6 - 8 won-loss record with 8 complete games and a 4.67 ERA.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Bill77

I would think Justin Turner Would have plenty of ginger.

Ha! He was just in the line next to me at the grocery store...