Pre-War Ballplayers Who Wore Their Cap at a Tilt?

[Orioles1954]

Pretty straightforward question. Were there any pre-war ballplayers (my first instinct is yes) who wore their cap at a tilt? Any pre-war cards depicting them as such?

James

[jimivintage]

Sure, lots of them! Here's one of Ernie Lombardi, a HOFer that you can find lots of images with his hat cocked to the side.

[tonyo]

Jim Bottomley is the king of the tilted cap.

[CW]

haha... Jim Bottomley... hip hop before hip hop was cool.

This is a classic tilted cap card (not mine):

(edited to change the card to Matt C's Caramel Ruth -- just a killer PSA 4 from Matt's collection -- posted without permission but I know he won't care )

[brianp-beme]

From an earlier era the E96 Mike Mowrey comes to mind (maybe someone can post an image).

Brian

[t206fix]

50-cent - a very important dead ball era player...

[brianp-beme]

Of course back in the day 50-cent was instead known as 4 Bits.

Brian

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

From an earlier era the E96 Mike Mowrey comes to mind (maybe someone can post an image).

Brian

Brian,

Here's the Mowrey...enjoy



Edited to add: Not my card.

Best Regards,

Eric

[mybuddyinc]

............ tough guy ............



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[Leon]

My immediate thought when I saw this was Joe Wood. I don't have a good card to show of him but it seems his hat was always tilted a certain way.

[John V]

Will someone please post a Goslin card. Thanks!

[T205 GB]

Barger from the 205 set. Partial B

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by john v

will someone please post a goslin card. Thanks!

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[TheBig6]

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Leon

My immediate thought when I saw this was Joe Wood. I don't have a good card to show of him but it seems his hat was always tilted a certain way.

Great tilts to be had in the T202 set..

here's Wood for you, very good tilt.. Speaker's a little more tame
T202 Speaker Wood PSA 7 OC.jpg

Baker looks disgusted by Collins' sloppy hat and has to look away
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Cubs are all over the place
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Matty's got a great tilt and hair part.. Devlin's skull cap is slightly askew
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[bcbgcbrcb]

My first thought was Bottomley as well.

[Tanman7baseball]

Ritchey showing off his curly locks lol

[deadballfreaK]

Maranville was a little more extreme.

[deadballfreaK]

And apparently he was just as clueless at gripping a bat as putting on his cap. Could you even get a ball out of the infield choking up like that?

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

And apparently he was just as clueless at gripping a bat as putting on his cap. Could you even get a ball out of the infield choking up like that?

Not sure, but bet he could play some mean pepper like that.

I do have to give it up to the old timers.. most choked up, most could bunt, many had short choppy swings, but those guys could all put the ball in play.