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The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book, presents a humorous and usually irreverent account of the baseball cards that were distributed during the authors' youths and of the players depicted on the cards. The basic format consists of an image of a card of a player, or in a few instances a manager or umpire ...
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. [2] In the 1950s, they came with a stick of gum and a limited number of cards. These cards feature one or more baseball players, teams, stadiums, or celebrities.
Whiteyball was well-suited to the fast, hard AstroTurf surface that Busch Memorial Stadium had at the time, which created large, unpredictable bounces when the ball hit it at sharp angles. In his book "White Rat", Herzog says the approach was a response to the spacious, artificial surface stadiums of the time.
As a minor-leaguer, White was the second black American to play for a Carolina League team, and was the only black player on his team. Percy Miller Jr. broke the color barrier for that league in 1951. [6] White had an excellent year, with a .298 batting average, 20 home runs, 99 runs scored, 84 runs batted in (RBI), and 21 stolen bases. [7]
If the out is marked "double play at first," and a double play at first is possible, then it counts as a double play. Base hits, walks, and hit-by-pitcher are placed on the diamond diagram, with any cards already on the diagram advancing appropriately. A base hit clears the balls and strikes.
The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more. [1] This is in part because of Wagner's place among baseball's immortals, as he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. More importantly, it is one of the scarcest cards from the most prominent of all vintage card sets.
1941-1958—Black and white cards printed on heavy cardboard, with die-cut center opening so the card can be put on a cardboard block to hold it steady beneath the spinner on the game board. Most if not all years' cards in this era have solid dark green backs. 1959-1962—Old time players' cards are printed in red instead of black.
The first known baseball game between two black teams was held on November 15, 1859, in New York City. The Henson Base Ball Club of Jamaica, Queens, defeated the Unknowns of Weeksville, Brooklyn, 54 to 43. [8] Immediately after the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and during the Reconstruction period that followed, a black baseball scene ...