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From the 1955
Topps
card #102
You're the Ump! If a pitcher on the "rubber" drops a ball, is it a balk?
View AnswerCoffee Talk Name that player!
Promising youngster who did fairly well in 1948 - hitting .275 and fielding .990. Discovered while attending Indiana U. Drove five in first 25 balls pitched to him out of Crosley field during trial batting practice. First season of pro ball - at Columbia, So. Carolina (1946) clouted .325 in 90 games, driving in 87 runs.
Bothered by arm trouble in '53, Carl slipped from his fine '52 record of 11 wins in 18 decisions. He joined the Athletics in '43 when he was 16 years old without any previous pro baseball experience. In '48, he won 14 games and played 52 games as an outfielder hitting .298.
Breaking protocol from the early tobacco and candy cards, the 1916 Sporting News M101-4 set featured photographs of players instead of lithographic art.
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