Anyone strictly buy a single specific player?

[Exhibitman]

Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer" like Chuck Klein (whose numbers were greatly aided by playing in a small park in Philly), Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. He had a restaurant in San Francisco and was a bon vivant and man about town. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. There are a number of rather rare Japanese cards of him. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."

I find his story interesting and I used to visit his bar when I lived in SF.

[pingman59]

I collect cards of these players:

Glenn Beckert (First ball player I met. I was 12.)

Eric Soderholm (Fond memories of the 1977 South Side Hit Men. 3rd Base!)

Si Johnson (He's from my hometown of Sheridan, IL) Collection complete as far as I can tell.


Robin Ventura (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Joe Crede (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Can you tell 3rd Base is my favorite position and I'm a White Sox fan?

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by pingman59

I collect cards of these players:

Glenn Beckert (First ball player I met. I was 12.)

Eric Soderholm (Fond memories of the 1977 South Side Hit Men. 3rd Base!)

Si Johnson (He's from my hometown of Sheridan, IL) Collection complete as far as I can tell.


Robin Ventura (White Sox. 3rd Base!)

Joe Crede (White Sox. 3rd Base!)



Can you tell 3rd Base is my favorite position and I'm a White Sox fan?

Beckert is such a nice person. Visited with him many times at Cubs camp. He is not in the best of health but still a great guy.

[EGreenwood]

I collect a number of players, mostly with connections to childhood. The player most appropriate for this forum is Oscar Stanage. The first T (206) Card I got was an Oscar Stanage. My dad bought me a pair (also a Hinchman) on a visit. We went to a long-gone card shop in Anaheim, where he bought me a pair. The rest is history.

Erik Greenwood

[gracecollector]

I have collections of:

Rabbit Maranville - http://www.rabbitmaranville.com

Carl Lundgren - http://www.baseballcardstars.com/per...ollection.html

Don Zimmer - http://baseballcardstars.com/zimfiles/index.html

[Bram99]

I collect Allie Reynolds and Rocky Colavito cards.

Why? My father grew up in the Bronx as a Yankees fan. He was a pitcher in the minors and semi-pro teams in NYC, including a team called the Mohawks where he played with Rocky Colavito and many other good players.

His favorite pitcher was Allie Reynolds.

I am working on a master set of Allie Reynolds. The basic set is 10 cards, and the master set has another 15 or so. Always looking to buy a nice card of the "Super Chief"

Both of these guys should be in the Hall of Fame.

Tony

[Leon]

Not strictly collected but back in the day I had several Nixey cards as his is the estate my Horner Composite came from. No longer mine but a cool card...

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by Bram99

I collect Allie Reynolds and Rocky Colavito cards.

Why? My father grew up in the Bronx as a Yankees fan. .....

His favorite pitcher was Allie Reynolds.

Both of these guys should be in the Hall of Fame.

Tony

Small world...my Dad grew up a Yankee fan* and Allie Reynolds was his favorite pitcher as well. I have a few of his cards for just that reason.



*=My Dad grew up in Brooklyn, just blocks from Ebbets Field but it wasn't until Game 5 of the 1947 World Series did he step inside.

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer" like Chuck Klein (whose numbers were greatly aided by playing in a small park in Philly), Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. He had a restaurant in San Francisco and was a bon vivant and man about town. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. There are a number of rather rare Japanese cards of him. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."

I find his story interesting and I used to visit his bar when I lived in SF.

Thanks for sharing. For some reason O'Doul slipped thru the cracks for me as far as his baseball feats, etc. Sounds like I'm not the only one :-) Anyway ... quite a career ... and life! And a great candidate for collecting a specific players card if I've ever heard one! Very cool PCL card BTW.

[Baseballcrazy62]

If anyone has any Frank Bowerman raw or slabbed cards I may be interested in purchasing them.

Thanks

[darwinbulldog]

Not exclusively so in my case, but I do have about a dozen different Whitey Glazner cards and related items, which for me is a lot, and am always looking for more if anybody has a lead on any of the obscure ones (mainly the various W575-1 types).

[kmac32]

Elmer Miller of the 1921 and 1922 Yankees. He is my Great Great uncle on mom’s side of the family. Have 16 varieties of his card.

[Mark70Z]

I collect Brooks Robinson and that’s it as far as players. I know he’s a HOFer, but thought I’d at least respond since it’s “almost” what you were asking.

[cdn_collector]

I collect Canadian-great George Gibson. There is a link to my collection in my signature line. I have just shy of 80 *total* cards. If you don't count different backs, reprints and modern art cards, I have maybe 35-40 different cards. I own only two prewar "non-Gibson" cards.

There are at least 4 others on the board that collect him I'm aware of, whether it's as part of a player collection or a 1909-era Pirates collection.

I first became aware of Gibson after a trip to the Canadian baseball Hall of Fame, but what really put me on the path of learning about him and collecting his cards was reading his chapter in Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of their Times.

Cheers,

Richard.