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Old 10-05-2017, 08:12 AM
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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?
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Old 10-05-2017, 08:15 AM
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Am vaguely remembering the pic on the back of an Upper Deck c1989-1991 showing this.

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Old 10-05-2017, 08:18 AM
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They should just have cards of pitchers hitting

chicks love the sacrifice bunt
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Old 10-05-2017, 09:08 AM
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They should just have cards of pitchers hitting

chicks love the sacrifice bunt
This is pretty close...

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Old 10-05-2017, 09:43 AM
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Old 10-05-2017, 10:01 AM
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I remember this one:
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Old 10-05-2017, 08:03 PM
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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.
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Old 10-05-2017, 09:17 PM
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David W. is correct. Terry Forster.
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Old 10-05-2017, 09:30 PM
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A lot more recent than any of the other cards too bad it was not on the front of the card.
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Old 10-07-2017, 04:35 PM
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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.
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Great card from a great and under appreciated set, Steve
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Old 10-08-2017, 05:41 PM
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Chuck Stobbs, the pitcher who served up Mantle's tape-measure home run
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Old 10-09-2017, 04:39 PM
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Lets not forget Mr Young.

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

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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.

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Old 12-03-2017, 08:18 AM
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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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Old 12-03-2017, 10:25 AM
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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.

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Old 12-06-2017, 10:55 AM
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Isn't there a Roger Clemens from his Blue Jays days where he is depicted hitting? After the start of interleague play?
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