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brianp-beme 12-06-2017 11:49 AM

The bunt thread
 
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It's about time we had a thread about bunting. Nothing more selfless and all for the team than the good old deadball era standby the bunt. Share cards, postcards, photos, etc. that depicts players caught in the act of bunting. Bonus points if it depicts a Hall of Famer or if outside the deadball era. Here is a start (both not mine)...but note I already have bonus points.

Brian

rdwyer 12-06-2017 01:20 PM

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Vintage Flasher

Dto7 12-06-2017 01:37 PM

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1911 Dave Bunting:)

tedzan 12-06-2017 03:30 PM

Richie Ashburn drag bunting (circa 1951). Richie was fast going to 1st base......only 3.0 seconds.

I asked Richie this when I got this photo autographed: " Richie.... who was the fastest going down the line to 1st base ? "

Richie replied..... " Every year during the 1950's, the sportscasters would time Mickey Mantle (batting Left-handed) and I
with a precision stop-watch. Both of us did it in exactly 3.0 seconds. "


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...shburnbunt.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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RUKen 12-06-2017 04:55 PM

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Fielder Jones, 1904

swarmee 12-06-2017 05:15 PM

Warning! Do not put your fingers on the exposed side of the bat! This is not one of the best pictures ever on how to bunt... ;-)

Kawika 12-06-2017 10:41 PM

One or two of these, Hornsby for instance, may or may not qualify as bunt poses, and no one knows what the hell Leard is doing.

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...%20Carrol1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...N%20Delmas.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...nci%20Frey.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...%20Hornsby.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...J%20Miller.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...96%20Walsh.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...n%20series.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ZN%20Leard.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ika%20Obak.jpg

brianp-beme 12-06-2017 10:56 PM

A virtual bunter's paradise has been posted...keep them coming.

I especially like the 1939 W711 of Frey...I didn't remember any post deadball/pre-WW2 cards that showed bunters. And I have this card. Thanks David.

I don't think anyone has ever figured out what is going on with Leard, but I am pretty sure I have run into a few striking this pose on a crowded subway train before.

And this thread has inspired me to change my avatar...sometimes bunting is the best way to protect the one you love.

Brian

Leon 12-07-2017 08:04 AM

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Meusel is about to bunt as there is no humanly way that stance is going to be a full swing!!

edjs 12-07-2017 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kawika (Post 1727183)

David,

Is that an original Victoria uniform? Fun card! You got the pose great.

bn2cardz 12-07-2017 09:56 AM

This made me curious about the records, and found it interesting to see the difference in the game over the years.

The current active leader for Sacrifice Hits (Sacrifice Bunts) is Elvis Andrus with 100, with the second place being Clayton Kershaw with 89. Yet this only ranks them 395 and 488 all time respectively.

The leader is Eddie Collins with 512 a record that may never be broken as the second place is Jake Daubert with 392. So Eddie Collins has more of a lead over second place than any current player has over their entire career (120 vs 100).

https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...H_career.shtml

RUKen 12-07-2017 10:09 AM

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George Van Haltren, New York Giants, 1901
Photo by Henry Van der Weyde

RUKen 12-07-2017 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by swarmee (Post 1727093)
Warning! Do not put your fingers on the exposed side of the bat! This is not one of the best pictures ever on how to bunt... ;-)

Here's another photo of Fielder Jones of the Chicago White Stockingsin a bunting stance with his fingers exposed, from the Chicago Daily News collection in 1902:

RUKen 12-07-2017 10:14 AM

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Dave Fultz and Willie Keeler, New York Highlanders, 1904

brianp-beme 12-07-2017 10:35 AM

Cool photos!

Brian

brianp-beme 12-07-2017 10:38 AM

Better be successful!
 
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If this is a bunting stance, it certainly is a dangerous one.

Brian

Kawika 12-07-2017 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by edjs (Post 1727246)
David, Is that an original Victoria uniform? Fun card! You got the pose great.

Thanks, Ed. Not original, Ebbets Field Flannels replica cap and jersey. One or another of my card collecting buddies, I forget whom because of my CRS, mocked up the digital card.

Hat tip to the OP for a very cool thread.

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...ia%20Obak2.jpg

MikeGarcia 12-07-2017 12:20 PM

Awesome
 
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Originally Posted by Kawika (Post 1727276)
Thanks, Ed. Not original, Ebbets Field Flannels replica cap and jersey. One or another of my card collecting buddies, I forget whom because of my CRS, mocked up the digital card.

Hat tip to the OP for a very cool thread.

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...ia%20Obak2.jpg



..we loved you in all those Monty Python sketches..... " Ministry Of Silly Walks "...classic !!
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ValKehl 12-07-2017 05:41 PM

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David, here's more of Linus for ya:

tjb1952tjb 12-07-2017 11:29 PM

Pee Wee and Scooter..............
 
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Pee Wee and Scooter............

RUKen 12-08-2017 10:18 AM

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Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox, 1907

RUKen 12-08-2017 10:21 AM

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Manager Fred Mitchell, Chicago Cubs, 1919, in somebody's living room
Wouldn't you love to have the framed photos on the wall behind him?

Koufax32fan 12-10-2017 11:57 AM

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1934 Butterfinger Gehringer

brianp-beme 12-11-2017 12:22 PM

Nice to see another 1930's bunter, and a Hall of Famer as well.

Brian

brianp-beme 12-11-2017 12:31 PM

The buntiest of sets
 
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Can anyone top the four 1909 Obak cards that feature bunting? Breaking out the calculator, .053333(etc) percent of this set lays down a bunt. Sure, a ten card set that has one bunter would blow the 1909 Obaks out of the dugout, percentage-wise, and with a higher WAR #, and we will accept this, but hopefully folks can also provide other bigger sets as well that are practically bursting with bunters.

Brian

Leon 12-13-2017 08:40 AM

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From the last collection, Cobb E126..

insidethewrapper 12-30-2017 10:23 AM

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Here's Crawford bunting :

brianp-beme 12-30-2017 10:39 AM

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Here is an E220 National Caramel of George Paskart bunting like a virtual madman.

Brian

Leon 01-06-2018 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 1734007)
Here is an E220 National Caramel of George Paskart bunting like a virtual madman.

Brian

I wonder how many times he got his fingers smashed?

sac_bunt 01-06-2018 08:04 PM

In todays game... the only time bunting seems to matter is in the playoffs and most of the players asked to bunt have no idea how to execute.

brianp-beme 01-23-2018 12:30 PM

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Another bunter spotted, this one with a demented/goofy look of determination on his face

Brian

baseballfan 01-23-2018 12:57 PM

great thread

I love the unusual poses

autograf 01-24-2018 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RUKen (Post 1727531)
Manager Fred Mitchell, Chicago Cubs, 1919, in somebody's living room
Wouldn't you love to have the framed photos on the wall behind him?

WOW. Both the Van Haltren and that Mitchell are the favorite entries on this thread. Are those your photos/negatives? Phenomenal. And yes, I'd LOVE to have that pano and the composite photos on the back wall there in the Mitchell photo.

RUKen 01-24-2018 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by autograf (Post 1741447)
WOW. Both the Van Haltren and that Mitchell are the favorite entries on this thread. Are those your photos/negatives? Phenomenal. And yes, I'd LOVE to have that pano and the composite photos on the back wall there in the Mitchell photo.

I do not own these prints or negatives.

The Van Haltren image is from the Van der Weyde collection of the Eastman Museum: http://collections.eastman.org/peopl...-weyde/objects

The Mitchell images are from the Chicago Daily News collection of the Chicago Historical Society: http://www.chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=

Leon 01-26-2018 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme (Post 1741286)
Another bunter spotted, this one with a demented/goofy look of determination on his face

Brian

That is right before he gets his fingers on his left hand crunched by the ball.

brianp-beme 01-26-2021 10:03 PM

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Thought I would revive this thread because I came across this incredibly odd 1954 Dixie Lid card of Gil McDougald bunting (I assume that is what is going on with Gil...his technique is unique to the extreme).

Feel free to wave the bunt banner on high and add to this celebration of bunting.

Brian (not my card)

Casey2296 01-26-2021 10:23 PM

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Charlie Hustle

Vintagecatcher 01-27-2021 07:04 AM

Sam Agnew 1912 Zeenut
 
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Sam Agnew 1912 Zeenut may be showing a bunting pose.

Patrick

brianp-beme 01-27-2021 05:48 PM

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Here is one of the most gorgeously composed cards of all time, the 1962 Bell Brand of Willie Davis that artfully displays his drag bunting skills.

Brian (card not mine)


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