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John Cooney spent most of his life in baseball as a pitcher, first baseman, outfielder and coach. In more than 3000 big league at bats spanning three decades, he hit only two home runs. His two homers were hit in … Continue reading →

Max West was a pretty decent outfielder/first baseman with some pretty bad teams. The highlight of his career was probably in 1940 when he was named to the NL All Star team. His career spanned a decade from 1938 to … Continue reading →

When I picked up this card I thought it was just a common I needed to fill out the set.

Frank Hayes was nicknamed “Blimp” for no apparent reason. The A’s catcher was 6 feet tall and tipped the scales at only 185, so he was well south of Ernie Lombardi territory. He was a six-time AL All Star and … Continue reading →

If Indian Bob Johnson were playing today, would we call him Native American Bob Johnson? And isn’t Johnson a kind of strange name for an Indian anyway? He was one quarter Cherokee.vA very solid player who normally toiled for inferior … Continue reading →

I don’t know of any other set that has two guys named Pinky in it (the other being Pinky May). Pinky Higgins (who was dubbed Pinky as a baby and reportedly detested the name) had a good career, landing on … Continue reading →

Joe Cronin‘s appears on two cards in this set and in both cases he’s in good company. One of his cards he shares with Ted Williams, possibly the best hitter ever to swing a bat.