Balls and Wheels: January 2021

Saturday, January 30, 2021

1909 T-206
NN Bill Bradley
NN Kitty Bransfield

1940 Play Ball
                64 Van Mungo
               107 Arky Vaughan
               110 Tom Sunkel

1951 Bowman
               13 Ed Stanky
               24 Ewell Blackwell
               51 Andy Seminick
               60 Alfonso Carrasquel
               78 Early Wynn
              127 Sal Maglie
              148 Granny Hamner
              149 Emory "Bubba" Church
              152 Cal Abrams
              170 Sibby Sisti
              172 Ned Garver
              176 Vic Wertz
              224 Billy Cox
              245 John Berardino

1952 Bowman
               44 Roy Campanella
               84 Sam Jethroe
              102 Harry "Peanuts" Lowrey

1952 Topps
               21 Ferris Fain
               24 Luke Easter
               31 Gus Zernial
               47 Willie Jones
               49 Johnny Sain
               65 Enos Slaughter
               70 Al Zarilla
               81 Vern Law
               84 Vern Stephens
               85 Bob Kuzava
               89 Johnny Lipon
               98 Bill Pierce
              117 Sherman Lollar
              119 Maurice McDermott
              121 Gus Niarhos
              123 Eddie Yost
              132 Clyde Kluttz
              140 John Antonelli
              141 Clint Hartung
              143 Les Moss
              150 Ted Beard
              158 Eddie Waitkus
              163 Stan Rojek
              172 Eddie Miksis
              185 Bill Nicholson
              189 Pete Reiser
              203 Curt Simmons
              216 Richie Ashburn
              222 Hoot Evers
              243 Larry Doby
              274 Ralph Branca
              313 Bobby Thomson
              384 Frank Crosetti

1953 Bowman Color
21 Joe Garagiola
29 Bobby Avila

1953 Topps
48 Bob Del Greco
220 Satchell (sic) Paige

1954 Bowman
                6 Nellie Fox
               42 Billy Loes
               43 Bob Friend
               63 Earl Torgeson
               76 Joe Nuxhall
               94 Solly Hemus
              124 Gus Bell

1954 Topps
               78 Ted Kazanski
               96 Charlie Silvera
               98 Joe Black
              111 Jim Delsing
              139 Ed & John O'Brien
              175 Frank Leja
              154 Mike Fornieles
              192 Cot Deal

1955 Bowman
              175 Wilmer Shantz
              265 Al Barlick
              283 Nestor Chylak
              286 Frank Secory
              291 Frank Dascoli
              297 Dusty Boggess
              315 Cal Hubbard

1955 Topps
                2 Ted Williams
                5 Jim Gilliam
               34 Wayne Terwilliger
               55 Rip Repulski
               61 Spook Jacobs
               81 Gene Conley
               84 Camilo Pascual
              123 Sandy Koufax
              147 Laurin Pepper
              152 Harry Agganis
              207 Bill Consolo

1956 Topps
                4 Carlos Paula
               30 Jackie Robinson
               51 Ernie Oravetz
              125 Minnie Minoso
              137 Al Silvera
              140 Herb Score
              157 Dick Brodowski
              177 Hank Bauer
              193 Wilmer Mizell
              205 Whitey Lockman
              212 Johnny Temple
              222 Dave Philley
              227 Russ Meyer
              232 Toby Atwell
              239 Harry Simpson
              268 Dale Mitchell
              318 Fred Hatfield
              330 Jim Busby

1957 Topps
               15 Robin Roberts
               51 Clint Courtney
               54 Elmer Valo
               56 Dave Sisler
               58 Ruben Gomez
               61 Dusty Rhodes
               84 Moe Drabowsky
               96 Hank Aguirre
              100 Harridge & Giles
              162 Jack Meyer
              165 Ted Kluszewski
              260 Del Ennis
              314 Ed Bouchee
              345 Paul Smith

1958 Topps
                7 Dale Long
               93 Sandy Amoros
              109 Herb Plews
              156 Dick Hyde
              161 Don Larsen
              175 Marv Throneberry
              206 Bob Shaw
              261 Turk Lown
              285 Gino Cimoli
              287 Sam Jones
              289 Series Hurling Rivals
              306 Whammy Douglas
              309 Gail Harris
              329 Bob Cerv
              342 Jim Brosnan
              345 Steve Bilko
              368 Rocky Colavito
              370 Yogi Berra
              406 Vic Power
              407 Carlton Willey
              416 Foster Castleman
              417 Carl Furillo
              425 Sam Esposito
              434 Harvey Kuenn
              436 Rival Fence Busters
              439 Ray Narleski
              455 Hal Griggs
              476 Stan Musial AS

1959 Topps
               52 Coot Veal
               84 Reno Bertoia
              158 Walt Dropo
              189 Neil Chrisley
              204 Casey Wise
              261 Gene Stephens
              273 Joe Jay
              318 Rocky Bridges
              402 Hector Lopez
              406 Solly Drake
              412 Stan Lopata
              464 Mays' Catch

1960 Topps
              120 Duke Carmel
              126 Chuck Estrada
              308 Dick Hall
              383 Leon Wagner
              458 White Sox Coaches
              475 Don Drysdale

1960 Topps Football
1 Johnny Unitas

1961 Topps
               16 Billy Muffett
               72 Stu Miller
              100 Harvey Haddix
              121 Eli Grba
              345 Jim Piersall
              401 Babe's 60th
              403 26-inning Tie
              406 Mantle's 565' HR
              476 Jackie Jensen MVP 1958
              522 Dick Farrell
              524 Johnny Logan
              575 Ernie Banks AS

1962 Topps
               26 Chris Cannizzaro
               66 Cuno Barragon (sic)
              123 Mike de la Hoz
              152 Sammy Drake
              153 Pumpsie Green
              183 Roger Craig
              229 Jesus McFarlane
              253 Harry Chiti
              283 Charlie Smith
              332 Don Buddin
              349 Paul Foytack

1963 Bazooka All-Time Greats
11 Chief Bender
15 Lou Gehrig

1963 Topps
               15 Ken Hubbs
               17 Ryne Duren
               27 Choo Choo Coleman
               45 Tommie Aaron
               86 Charley Maxwell
               93 Galen Cisco
              110 Rich Rollins
              127 Bill Tuttle
              148 WS Game 7 (Ralph Terry)
              180 Bill Skowron
              182 Albie Pearson
              285 Dick Stuart
              299 1963 Rookie Stars
              302 Whitey Herzog
              371 Rod Kanehl
              419 Tracy Stallard
              447 Felix Mantilla
              457 Tex Clevenger
              458 Carroll Hardy
              469 Jay Hook
              470 Tom Tresh
              473 Mets Team
              487 John Roseboro
              491 Harry Craft
              493 Walt Bond
              512 Cal McLish
              538 George Brunet
              540 Bob Clemente
              542 Lou Klimchock
              551 Billy Klaus

1964 Topps
               37 Smoky Burgess
               90 Earl Battey
              143 Bubba Phillips
              195 Jim Gentile
              229 Charlie Lau
              249 Doug Camilli
              279 Joe Koppe
              335 Don Mossi
              344 Phil Linz
              352 Eddie Bressoud
              393 Casey Teaches
              470 Jim Bouton

1965 Topps
              161 Frank Baumann
              183 Dave Nicholson
              187 Casey Stengel
              225 Bo Belinsky
              282 Giants Rookies
              297 Dave DeBusschere
              336 Woody Held
              558 Red Sox Rookies

1966 Topps
551 Bob Purkey

1967 Topps
79 Bubba Morton
334 Ossie Chavarria

1968 Topps
343 Jim Gosger
566 Ken Harrelson

1969 Topps
207 Roy Face
309 Walt Williams

653 Aurelio Rodriguez

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Connie Marrero

https://www.mlb.com/news/conrado-connie-marrero-s-marvelous-baseball-life

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=295261

Monday, January 25, 2021

Mark Fidrych cards

https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/baseball/player-sets/mark-fidrych-master-set/imagegallery/66522

Warren Spahn

I missed Spahn. The earliest MLB game I can remember is from about 1976. I wonder if you could do a quick sketch of Spahn as a pitcher for those of us who don't remember him. The only thing I really know about him is that he was left-handed and had an inordinate number of high-productivity/20-win seasons.

Asked by: wovenstrap

Answered: 1/25/2021

He was Tom Glavine, basically, but he was super-flexible and super-durable. Glavine was very durable. . .there was something really odd about Spahn's energy level. In 1963 he pitched a famous 16-inning pitchers' duel against Juan Marichal. July 2, 1963; had to look that up. THe game was 0-0 through 15 innings, both starting pitchers still working. Spahn gave up a home run to Willie Mays in the 16th inning, so Marichal won the game. But after the game there was an interview filmed with Marichal and Spahn. Marichal, who was 25 years old, looks like he just really wants to get home and go to bed. Spahn, who was 42, is kind of bouncing around like he has a lot of nervous energy that he can't quite figure out what to do with. After that game he took his regular turn in the rotation (July 7) and pitched a 5-hit shutout. In his next 10 starts after the 16-inning game he went 9-1, all of the wins being complete-game victories; in the loss he pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 earned runs.

He was a good hitter. . . he hit 35 home runs in his career, which I think is a record for a pitcher, although there have been many pitchers who were better hitters, but still, 35 homers is something. He was skinny, almost scrawny, very quick.

During World War II he was something of a hero. . .don't know the details, but I remember that somebody published a kid's book that overstated his heroism in World War II, and he sued them and made them withdraw the book and publish retractions. He was funny, always joking around. One year, when he and his teammate Lew Burdette were the best 1-2 pitching combination in baseball, on the day the Topps photographer appeared they switched gloves and switched uniforms, so that (as I recall) Burdette appears on Spahn's baseball card and Spahn appears on Burdette's. Pitching for the Mets at the end of his career, he joked that he was the only man to play for Casey Stengel both before and after he was a genius. He had played for Casey in 1941, briefly, with the Boston Braves (0-0 record), and then pitched for the Mets in 1965. He was noted for having the best pickoff move of his time. Just. . .impossible to capture him in this space, but I hope this helps.

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Zeenuts

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Saturday, January 23, 2021

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Stratomatic baseball world cup

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Something from a Hey Bill

peaking of insane RBI totals, I was looking at the top RBI seasons and thanks to Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference, we now know just how many men on base those sluggers of yore had. Needless to say, they had an army on base to drive in. Here are the top "Men on Base" seasons.

(Numbers reflect the total number of men on base during the player's plate appearances.)

667 - Vern Stephens, 1949, 159 RBI
661 - Vern Stephens, 1950, 144 RBI
650 - Vern Stephens, 1948, 137 RBI
637 - Lou Gehrig, 1931, 185 RBI
626 - Dixie Walker, 1945, 124 RBI
616 - Hank Greenberg, 1935, 168 RBI
610 - Hank Greenberg, 1937, 184 RBI
608 - Gus Suhr, 1936, 118 RBI (Gus Suhr!)
606 - Ted Williams, 1949, 159 RBI
604 - Hack Wilson, 1930, 191 RBI
600 - Zeke Bonura, 1936, 138 RBI (Zeke!!)

The largest post-1970 are:
573 - Derek Bell, 1996, 113 RBI
557 - George Bell, 1992, 112 RBI
556 - Bret Boone, 2001, 141 RBI
553 - Mike Greenwell, 1988, 119 RBI