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Card for Player with Shortest Career
I had the good fortune to sit down and speak with Bobby Durnbaugh last Friday. He played in two games for the Cincinnati Reds in 1957 and said his callup was the best week of his life.
Bobby did not have a card produced, but it made me wonder what pro player had a card published but had the shortest career in the majors? |
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I would guess Moonlight Graham, but his case is unique.
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Eddie Gaedel
It would have to be Eddie Gaedel!! He quite literally had the "shortest" time in the majors!!
1.000 career OBP ain't ba either!
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There was that guy who was hit in the head from the Marlins on his first AB and never made it back to the show until he made a campaign for himself last year. I think the mets picked him up this year.
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Hal Stowe's up there with 1 game played for the Yankees in 1960 then for no good reason he got a card in 1962 Topps
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How about Memo Luna 1954 Bowman #222 pitched 2/3 of an inning in one game for the Cardinals and took the loss in his only big league appearance.
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Emil Geiss got about five too many poses in the Old Judge set for his one start in the majors. One it which he gave up 17 hits and 11 runs.
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Let's nominate Ray Ryan who was in the T206 with Roanoke among other sets. He was active with the 1908 White Sox, but never appeared in a game. He went on to become a prominent minor league manager and president of the Appalachian League.
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Bobby Durnbaugh DID have a card
1957 Omaha Cardinals
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Manuel Onis (1 for 1 for Brooklyn, 1935) in 1972 TCMA "The 1930s"
This question bugged me for about a day until it struck me that the guy's name was kind of unusual, began with "O" and was (probably) in the early (unnumbered) card series of the 1972 TCMA "The 1930s".
Manuel Dominguez "Curly" Onis (1908-1995) went 1-for-1 in a single game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1935. (See http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...onisra01.shtml ) TCMA honored him among the first 72 (unnumbered) cards of the increasingly popular (and difficult to complete) "The 1930s" series - a collection of more than 504 different cards and TCMA's largest. Cataloguers have assigned #56 to Onis' card - placing the those first 72 in alphabetical order for numbering purposes. |
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Quote:
Last edited by Topnotchsy; 12-08-2013 at 10:16 PM. |
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I'll offer up Ernie Cox. Only pitched 1 inning in one game in 1922, and still was pictured on a card 5 years later:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl.../coxer01.shtml
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What about Lou Lowdermilk? Not only did he have a card, but it is an iconic one in an important tobacco set.
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Re: Card for Player with Shortest Career
I'm not sure if this fits your definition, but I just read this recently:
Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston played in only one game, September 27, 1936 as a substitute for future Hall of Famer Johnny Mize. In his one plate appearance Alston struck out. No card was ever produced for Alston as a player, but approx 40 cards were issued of him as a manager. ErikV |
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Are there any cards out there for the most famous 1 day player, Billy Crystal? He signed a 1 day contract with the Yankees and led off a spring training game as the designated hitter and struck out on 6 pitches.
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Although he struck out, Paul Maholm nearly walked him and Crystal did foul off a pitch.
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Tom Selleck had a card in an Upper Deck set but I don't think he ever played; he did so much batting practice with the Tigers that the players called him "Magnum BP".
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