Pitchers At The Bat?

[darkhorse9]

I got to thinking yesterday. I could not think of a single baseball card that showed a pitcher batting. Until the DH came around they batted just as often as any other position.

Can anyone show examples I've missed?

[jason.1969]

Am vaguely remembering the pic on the back of an Upper Deck c1989-1991 showing this.

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[1952boyntoncollector]

They should just have cards of pitchers hitting

chicks love the sacrifice bunt

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

They should just have cards of pitchers hitting

chicks love the sacrifice bunt

This is pretty close...

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[ALR-bishop]

[nolemmings]

I remember this one:

[skil55voy]

Name the player to appear in at least 500 games who has the highest batting average of all-time.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

Name the player to appear in at least 500 games who has the highest batting average of all-time.

babe ruth

[OsFan]

I am impressed anyone remembered these. Thought I knew the ‘59 set inside and out and did not remember that Don Gross.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

babe ruth

I think that he means 500 games as a pitcher. Otherwise, Ty Cobb pitched 3 games and Lefty O'Doul pitched 34.

[David W]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

Name the player to appear in at least 500 games who has the highest batting average of all-time.

Terry forster

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by David W

Terry forster

Newk?

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[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I got to thinking yesterday. I could not think of a single baseball card that showed a pitcher batting. Until the DH came around they batted just as often as any other position.

Can anyone show examples I've missed?

Mark, there cards issued 100-120 years ago that show pitchers batting. WaJo was a good hitting pitcher, and he was often used as a pinch hitter. HOFer and Senators owner and GM had a fine pitching career in the late 19th Century. L/H pitcher George Mogridge was instrumental in the Senators only World Series win, in 1924.

[skil55voy]

David W. is correct. Terry Forster.

[Bill77]

A lot more recent than any of the other cards too bad it was not on the front of the card.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I got to thinking yesterday. I could not think of a single baseball card that showed a pitcher batting. Until the DH came around they batted just as often as any other position.

Can anyone show examples I've missed?

Popped into my head as soon as the question was read - probably because i'm a long-time Tribe fan.

[ALR-bishop]

Great card from a great and under appreciated set, Steve

[geosluggo]

Chuck Stobbs, the pitcher who served up Mantle's tape-measure home run

[x2drich2000]

Lets not forget Mr Young.

[Robs70sCards]

1972 Topps Ron Bryant In Action

[The-Cardfather]

Here's 4 more from the modern era:
1997 Fleer - Greg Maddux
2000 Topps - Greg Maddux
2000 Upper Deck - Orel Hirshiser
2000 Upper Deck - Randy Johnson

[David W]

Originally Posted by Robs70sCards

1972 Topps Ron Bryant In Action

Here ya go

[OsFan]

Opening up a pack and finding a Greg Maddux or Randy Johnson batting card had to suck as much as opening up a pack of 55 Bowman’s and finding an ump card or opening a pack of 59s and finding the Ford Frick or Warren Giles card.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by OsFan

Opening up a pack and finding a Greg Maddux or Randy Johnson batting card had to suck as much as opening up a pack of 55 Bowman’s and finding an ump card or opening a pack of 59s and finding the Ford Frick or Warren Giles card.

Or those 72s that just have a trophy!

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[The-Cardfather]

Here's a couple more:

1981 Fleer - Bruce Sutter
2007 Upper Deck - Roger Clemens

[The-Cardfather]

And two more..........

[Volod]

Man, Lindell had a strange career path. Played eight seasons with the Yankees as strictly a position guy - actually hit .300 with 18 dingers and 103 RBI in 1944. After NY dropped him in 1950, he sat out two years, then came back with the Pirates in '53 as a pitcher. Appearing in 27 games, won 5 lost 16, and hung it up for good. The Bucs were really hard up for pitchers that year.

[The-Cardfather]

Originally Posted by Volod

Man, Lindell had a strange career path. Played eight seasons with the Yankees as strictly a position guy - actually hit .300 with 18 dingers and 103 RBI in 1944. After NY dropped him in 1950, he sat out two years, then came back with the Pirates in '53 as a pitcher. Appearing in 27 games, won 5 lost 16, and hung it up for good. The Bucs were really hard up for pitchers that year.

Steve,

He sounds a lot like ex-Met Ike Davis, who is trying to work his way back to the majors as a pitcher. (Like Rick Ankiel, only in reverse.)
I hope he makes it.

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news...o1imhuvqfyyf43

[The-Cardfather]

Keeping the thread alive. LOL.

2007 Topps Finest - Tom Glavine

[The-Cardfather]

Still trying to keep the thread alive...........


2015 Topps Update - Noah Syndergaard (short print)

[stlcardsfan]

Waino.jpg

Great season at the plate for Waino this year.. .262/.452/.731

[jason.1969]

And who can forget this celebrated slugger, courtesy of the 1936 World Wide Gum set!

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[profholt82]

Valenzuela laying down a bunt in one of the ugliest sets in history, 88 Donruss. Cards don't get much worse than this, fellas.



Edit: sorry it's so big, just linked the image from the googles.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by profholt82

Valenzuela laying down a bunt in one of the ugliest sets in history, 88 Donruss. Cards don't get much worse than this, fellas.



Edit: sorry it's so big, just linked the image from the googles.

Donruss peaked in 1985. Almost all their other designs were godawful.

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[profholt82]

I started a thread about the Donruss wax years last year. I foolishly didn't make it a poll, but a lot of guys chimed in with their favorites. I'm partial to 84 and 87 myself.

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=232520

[tulsaboy]

Isn't there a Roger Clemens from his Blue Jays days where he is depicted hitting? After the start of interleague play?
kevin

[stlcardsfan]

Wish this one was mine!

[The-Cardfather]

I just came across this 2002 Keebler of Trevor Hoffman.

[CobbSpikedMe]

As Val said earlier, there are many prewar cards showing pitchers batting...

How about Cy Young.


AndyH

[swarmee]

This one is pretty awesome. Just bought it on COMC. Shows Jim Abbott in batting stance with bare arm.

[The-Cardfather]

In the spirit of keeping this thread alive and because with the new universal DH rule, we will almost never see pitchers batting again (with the rare exception of someone like Ohtani);
here is a 2022 Topps #330 short-print of Jacob deGrom at the plate.

[Harliduck]

Cool old thread...

Can't believe this one was never posted...was one of the last cards I needed back in the day completing this set...

[G1911]

I was born in the early 90's, so I was prime baseball card age when the relic cards came out. I really loved the bat relics of pitchers for some reason.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by The Cardfather

Here's a couple more:

1981 Fleer - Bruce Sutter
2007 Upper Deck - Roger Clemens

Sutter looks as if he had never seen a bat before, and was told 10 seconds before this picture was taken to hold and pose with one, LOL.

[JollyElm]

I wonder when in the earlier days of baseball it became universally accepted that a pitcher's lack of skill with a bat was a complete and utter non-factor in assessing his value to the team or in the overall game. Surely, in the dawning days of the sport, all nine players were expected to skillfully wield the leather (or flesh, since they didn't use mitts) and the lumber alike. But at some point, someone determined that who cares if Henry only gets a hit once a month, he hurls the ball phenomenally well, so screw it if he's an automatic out...and then every other team said, "Heck yeah! We agree 100%!"

[The-Cardfather]

It's been a while since anyone added to this thread, so here's 3 more from the modern era:

2001 Topps - Rick White
2002 Topps - Brian Anderson
2006 Topps - Woody Williams