tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59530440942424546802011-10-17T07:37:10.511-07:00A complete player roster from Jim Bouton's book Ball Four and their baseball cardsdayfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343838411856677615noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953044094242454680.post-44350766012289993902009-02-27T21:52:00.000-08:002009-02-28T01:53:30.155-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/Saj-ciqsQUI/AAAAAAAAS38/_VltO-BUMm0/s1600-h/71T+Ted.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/Saj-ciqsQUI/AAAAAAAAS38/_VltO-BUMm0/s320/71T+Ted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307771927151788354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player:</span> <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willite01.shtml">Ted Williams</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Team:</span> Boston Red Sox<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/SakJGRaVVdI/AAAAAAAAS4E/bnkE6QAstb8/s1600-h/Boston+Red+Sox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/SakJGRaVVdI/AAAAAAAAS4E/bnkE6QAstb8/s320/Boston+Red+Sox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307783639190558162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Position:</span> outfield<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">First mentioned on page:</span> 4<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Distinguishing feature:</span> Made $125,000.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Additional information:</span> Dude, it's Ted Williams. The man is a demigod. If you really don't know who Ted Williams is start with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams">Wikipedia</a>, then check out his <a href="http://www.tedwilliams.com/">website</a>, the Red Sox home page has some <a href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/history/bos_history_williams.jsp">good info</a> and once you've gone over that, it's time to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s.html/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sq?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=ted%20williams&amp;index=blended&amp;pf_rd_p=304485901&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=0671621033&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=0G0FT4GF991RYS889W5K">get some books</a> and start reading. Now, if you don't want to go through all that, here's the condensed version:<br /><br />The man could hit.<br /><br />Boy, could he hit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/Saj-cZ5YuhI/AAAAAAAAS30/CjBIcvRYmlY/s1600-h/71T+Williams.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_L5aU9SvCApI/Saj-cZ5YuhI/AAAAAAAAS30/CjBIcvRYmlY/s320/71T+Williams.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307771924797504018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rookie Card:</span> <a href="http://sportscardinfo.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/card-of-the-day-ted-williams-1939-play-ball-92/">1939 Play Ball #92</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other significant cards:</span><br />1940 Play Ball #27<br />1941 Play Ball #14<br />1947 Homogenized Bond #48<br />1948 Swell Sport Thrills #16<br />1949 Leaf #76<br />1950 Bowman #98<br />1951 Bowman #165<br />1952 Red Man Tobacco AL23<br />1953 Canadian Exhibits<br />1954 Bowman #66A<br />1954 Topps #1 and 250<br />1955 Topps #2<br />1956 Topps #5<br />1957 Topps #1<br />1958 Topps #1, 321, 485<br />1959 Fleer - Entire set<br />1960Fleer #60<br />1961 Fleer #152<br />1969 Topps #539 and 650<br />1970 Topps #211<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1971 Topps #380</span><br />1972 Topps #510<br /><br />And a pile of oddballs and modern cards big enough to choke a whale.<br /><b></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5953044094242454680-4435076601228999390?l=ball4players.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dayfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343838411856677615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953044094242454680.post-31810034456101976702009-02-26T19:22:00.000-08:002009-02-26T20:26:41.722-08:00I've wanted to do something like this for decades. From the first time I read the book <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ball Four</span> in the '80s, I thought about putting together a baseball card collection of every player mentioned in the book. A couple of times I even started making a list of all the players. Let me tell you, there are a LOT of players mentioned in there. I can probably find one of those half-finished lists if I dig around my files a little. I'm going to give it another go and share my findings.<br /><br />I'll post each player in the order they appear in the book and include a list of the contemporary baseball cards they appeared on (if any). Front office types like Marvin Milkes will get mentioned in a seperate post every so often. There's no timetable on this project, so enjoy the leisurely ride. I'll start off with the first player mentioned, Ted Williams, and the very last post for the blog will be of the main man Jim.<br /><br />And away we go...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5953044094242454680-3181003445610197670?l=ball4players.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dayfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343838411856677615noreply@blogger.com2