Extrarodinary Difficult Baseball Card Trivia Question

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Posted By: bruce Dorskind

Name 20th century pitchers who threw a complete game no-hitter
but never had a baseball card issued with their picture on it.

The only example we can think of is Bobo Hollomon, the only
rookie to ever throw a complete game no hitter in his first major
league appearance.

FYI, Hollomon lasted only one season with the St. Louis Browns.
His 1953 no hitter was the only complete game of his one year
career. It was also the swan song for the beloved Brownies.


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

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Posted By: barrysloate

A few guesses:

Weldon Henley, July 22, 1905
Mal Eason, July 20, 1906
Earl Hamilton, August 30, 1912
Tom Hughes, June 26, 1916
Ernie Koob, May 5, 1917
Bobby Burke, August 8, 1931
Clyde Shoun, May 15, 1944
Ed Head, April 23, 1946
Clay Buchholz, September 1, 2007

A couple of these guys may have cards, but I doubt all do.

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Posted By: Brad Green

Perhaps Buchholz shouldn't be included. Buchholz wasn't a 20th century pitcher (at least not in the majors) and probably does have a minor league card.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Oops...you're right! It is the 21st century.

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Hi Barry,
Those are good guesses-- I've got cards of

Earl Hamilton (M101-4), Tom Hughes (M116), Bobby Burke (33 Goudey), Clyde Shoun (W753), and Ed Head (1941 Dodgers team set, if you call that a card)

That leaves Henley, Eason, Koob, and Bucholz...

I want to say Koob might be in a W strip card set, but not sure.


What about Rube Foster (1916)? I'm not finding any cards of him off the top of my head.

Also, what about the only Federal League pitcher to throw a no-hitter, Ed Lafitte? I think he is different from the Minor Leaguer Lafitte in T206? Is Ed in the Cracker Jack set?

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

"Name 20th century pitchers who threw a complete game no-hitter
but never had a baseball card issued with their picture on it."

Barry,
Since the question wasn't specific to cards issued contemporaneous to one's career, I imagine the 1990 Target set issue of Ed Head would disqualify him?

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

Henley is on W600, E107 and the Lincoln PC's
Eason has W600
Bucholz and Koob have no card I can find

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Posted By: Brad Green

Here is just one card of Buchholz. I'm sure there are many more. Most minor league teams have baseball card sets with the players on those teams.

http://buytime.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1402953

The price for the card is $40 today. I wonder what it was this time yesterday.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Good work guys...I just went down the list and looked for players that were really obscure. I guess Koob is the only one.

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

Well, Ernie wasn't completely forgotten.

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Posted By: jay behrens

I show Henley in the e254 Colgan set also

Jay

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

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Posted By: Mark

"We" could only think of two great pitchers:

Alex Rodriguez and Ernie Banks.


Mark

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

I'm still wondering about Rube Foster.

He is (obviously) not the same Rube Foster that's in the HOF as a Negro League pioneer. This one would be George Foster (1888-1976). It's odd because he played on very well-known teams (Red Sox 1913-17), but he seems to have fallen through the cracks.
Can anyone supply a card of him?

Tim

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Holloman is #69 in the 1990 Baseball Wit set, and is #306 in Topps 1991 issue of their 1953 Archives set.

He wasn't in any issue contemporary with his playing days, which is a normal way of thinking about such things.

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Posted By: jay behrens

I show George "Rube" Foster in the 1924 Zeenut set.

Jay

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

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Posted By: Paul

Bobo Holloman pitched a no hitter in his first start, but he made a few relief appearances before then. Buchholz threw his no hitter in his second appearance of any kind. Does anyone know if that is a record? I think it must be, but I've heard nothing about it.

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Posted By: Glen Turner

Jay:
You mentioned George Rube Foster being on a 1924 Zeenut card. Do you have this card?
I sure would like to see a scan of it. I knew George when I was a kid.
He is also on the 1913 Fatima Team card of the Boston Red Sox.

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Posted By: Bob

Nick Maddox of the Pirates pitched a no-hitter in his 3rd start, that was in the early 1900s, probably around 1907 or so.

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Posted By: Anthony

No Lafitte in the Cracker Jack set. But Earl Hamilton is.

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Posted By: Dustan Hedlin

Paul,

Wilson Alvarez threw a no hitter for the White Sox in his 2nd career start in 1991.

Edited - I originally stated that it was in his MLB debut, but it was just his first game with the White Sox.

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Posted By: john/z28jd

Charles "Bumpus" Jones threw a no-hitter in his first career start for the 1892 Reds. It was his only game of the year and he had just 2 career wins.

Ted Breitenstein pitched a no hitter in his 1st career start for the 1891 St Louis Browns of the AA. Hes in the t206 set. He pitched 5 career games in relief before that start,all in 1891

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

Actually, Bobo Holloman does have a baseball card.

-Ryan

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Here are some Henley's
-Rhett

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Posted By: jay behrens

Glen, I do not have the card, just an extensive checklist of major league players and what cards they appear on, including minor league sets. There are a lot Zeenut collectors here, so maybe one of them does. Chances are, Mark Macrae has it and if he reads this hoefully, he might post a scan if he has one available.

Jay

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.