The late Tony Gwynn often paid tribute to Honus Wagner, the man with whom he shared a record of eight National League batting titles won. Wagner began his Major League career in 1897 and played 21 years in the bigs. Numerous firsts occurred during his reign as one of the finest shortstops of all time, and greatest of all players as well. He witnessed the birth of the rival American League and the
He was called the “Georgia Peach”, but opposing teams never had a “peachy” day playing against him. Ty Cobb holds the all-time Major League Baseball career batting average record at .367, and was the very first candidate elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1936, amassing 222 of a possible 226 votes from the selection committee. Long was he baseball’s all-time hits and runs scored leading, finally ceding those titles to Pete
Dads and baseball have always kind of gone together, and that bonding crossed into sports and recreation, especially in baseball. In the late 19th century, tobacco producers began inserting “paper items, specifically photographs of “Base Ball” players in their packs of cigarettes, Dad smoked and sons got the cards. The Goodwin Company issued a colossal set of “Base Ball” player cards from 1887 through 1890, the total number of cards included remains unknown. Goodwin added the cards
The blue background is vivid, the iconic pinstripes are clearly visible and the standard-bearer, never-changing New York Yankees cap crowning baseball immortal Lou Gehrig all make his 1933 Goudey #92 baseball card one of the most appealing and popular in the history of card collecting. Everett Scott and Enos Goudey may be long forgotten names in baseball and card collecting lore, but we owe much to both of these gentlemen when considering the sport and the hobby.
In the late 1890’s the National League had an image problem, with many of its top players spending more time in saloons than on the playing field. The players seemed to exemplify a rough and tumble age and their carousing threatened the very existence of the game. In 1900 a 19-year-old Christy Mathewson entered this tumult and with his college education, excellent manners, and religious
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