Pitchers shown on cards Batting

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

there are not many cards on Pitcher primarily shown with a bat in his hands and not on the mound or in the motion. Not including the Babe of course in his earlier cards.
I will start with this E93 Cy Young

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Posted By: jeffdrum

Walter Johnson V100 shows him with bat I believe.

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Posted By: Jerry

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Here's Caruthers in an at bat pose. He's probably most well known as a great 19th century pitcher but he wasn't bad with a bat. He had a .282 lifetime batting average with two pretty good back to back seasons at bat: he was fourth in batting in 1886 with a .334 average and fifth in batting in 1887 with a .357 (American Association)

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Another 19th Century example - Ed "Cannoball" Morris.

Why Goodwin pictured him batting is beyond me, since unlike his contemporary, Mr. Caruthers, Ed Morris was awful with the stick, having a paltry .161 lifetime batting average.

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Posted By: leon

btw this is what a real Headin' Home card should look like (these are trimmed but ya' take 'em anyway ya' can ) once an armpit always an armpit..

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: DMcD

(Not my card. Image borrowed from good ol' vcp.com. Hope that's OK, Bobby B.)

From The Baseball Magazine , November 1913
http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1913/bbm121i.pdf

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Posted By: Paul

Pitchers in batting poses were fairly common in N172. The V100 Red Faber also shows him batting. If I remember correctly, Jim Kaat's 1973 Topps card shows him batting. The AL adopted the DH in '73, but the photo is obviously from '72 or before.

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

The WG5 National Baseball Game Nap Rucker.

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Posted By: John S

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Posted By: Max Weder

Max

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Show off....

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Posted By: Jerry

Smilin Tim Keefe