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Sam Rice
Outfield Bats Left, Throws Right; Washington Senators 1915-1933;
U.S. Navy 1913-15; U.S. Army 1918; Cleveland Indians 1934;
5'9", 150 lbs. Born Morocco, Indiana 2/20/1890
Hall of Famer Edgar 'Sam' Rice was one of baseball's finest hitters and one of the game's fastest runners. He helped the Washington Senators win three pennants (1924-25, 1933) and one World Series (1924). Over seventy percent of Sam Rice's hits were singles and most of his extra-base hits were due to sheer speed. He hit 498 lifetime doubles, 184 triples (14th on the all-time list) and 21 of his 34 career homers were inside the park jobs.
Rice stole 351 career bases, lined 2987 hits and finished with an outstanding career batting mark of .322, a .374 on-base-pct. He led the AL in hits for three straight years and amassed a 3-year total of 669.
Sam Rice, one of baseball's toughest to strike out, fanned only 275 times in 9269 at bats, spanning 19 years.
Although batting leadoff most of his career, Rice drove-in 1,078 runs and is one of only eight players to hit better than .300 after the age of 40 - and he did it a record three times. In later years he was often asked why he retired 13 hits shy of the magic number of 3,000. "You must remember," he said, "there wasn't much emphasis on 3,000 hits when I quit and to tell the truth, I didn't know how many hits I had." Baseballhistorian.com Archives
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Old Baseball Card - John McGraw, Manager
'Honest Long Cut' Cigarettes - 1911 - American Tobbaco Trust
'Gold Bordered Series - Here's Wording on the back side of baseball card.
John J. McGraw, Manager: When John J. McGraw took hold of the Giants, July 19, 1902, their figure in the race was .315. Next year he brought them up to a finish in second place. In 1904 they won their first pennant in fifteen years, and in 1905 won both the National and World's Championships. Since then they have stood second in 1906, 1908 and 1910, third in 1909, and fourth 1907. McGraw has done wonders in putting a winning spirit into the Giants, and what is more important, has developed a group of young players who will insure the future high standing of the team.
Old Baseball Card Christy Mahewson
Piedmont Cigarette Card - 1911 - Looking Over Old Baseball Cards-
Here's the Wording on back side of card.
Christopher Mathewson - idol of New York fans, and one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever known, has been one great factor in helping the Giants to their good standing. Absolutely subduing the Athletics in 1905 and mowing down the Yankees in 1910 (14 in one game) were only samples of his work. His splendid control is shown by the fact that in four years ending 1910 he only gave 191 bases on balls and hit eight batters (none in 1909) while striking out 770 men. baseballhistorian.com Archives - Baseball Cards 1911
Old Baseball Card - Richard Marquard
'Honest Long Cut' - 1911 - American Tobacco Trust Co.
Wording on the back side of baseball card. Gold Borders
Richard Marquard, bought by the Giants from Indianapolis in the fall of 1908, came to New York with a fine record. His effective work was a most important-factor in the winning by Indianapolis of the close race for the Association pennant in 1908. - in the 47 games he pitched for them the opposing team scored only 90 runs, less than two to a game, and in 1259 times at bat made only 234 hits, an aggregate batting average of .186. He struck out 250 batsmen. Marquard is only twenty-two years old, and with a little more experience in the National League is looked to for work nearly equal to what he did for Indianapolis.
Reb Russell
Pitcher, Left handed - Chicago White Sox 1913-1919...
Outfielder Pittsburgh Pirates 1922-23
Born in Jackson Mississippi, Ewell Russell was quickly nicknamed Reb by his Chicago White Sox teammates, and the left-hander responded by winning 22 games in his rookie year – 22-16, with a sterling 1.91 earned run average, the 5th best in the AL, and, led the league with 51 games, completing 25-of-36 starts during the dead ball era.
Although he never again won 20 games, his pitching record was fairly consistent during his 8-full-year tenure with the Chi-Sox…having an ERA in the range of 1.91 to 2.90. Russell tossed 23 complete game career shutouts, including a career-high 7 in his rookie year of 1913.
Reb Russell pitched just one game in 1919 – the year the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series, and eight of his teammates were banned after that from baseball. A good hitter he returned to the majors as an outfielder for the Pirates in 1922.
Reb Russell career stats: 75-59, 2.34 ERA, 241 Games, 148 GS, 80 GC, 1127 Hits in 1291 innings, 495 Ks, 267 Walks, 23 Shutouts… career batting - .268 BA, 48 Doubles, 25 Ts, 21 Hrs, 262 hits in 976 at bats. baseballhistorian.com – Dead Ball Era Baseball History
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May 30, 1955, Wrigley Field, Chicago, News Story - Ernie Banks hit a 3rd inning grand slam home run and "Handsome Ramson" Jackson crashed a three-run shot in the bottom of the 6th as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Braves 9-6. As a result, the Cubs have won nine of their last 11 games and have captured 15 of their last 19 home games to stay in second place, six games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cubs are now 25-17. Hal Jeffcoat's 14th relief appearance resulted in his sixth victory with no losses of this still young season.
Bob Rush started for the Cubs but allowed 8 hits and five runs and was replaced by Jeffcoat in the 5th inning. The Braves knocked Rush from the mound when George Crowe hit a two-run homer, Bobby Thompson a triple, followed by doubles by Billy Bruton and Chuck Tanner. The Braves starting pitcher, Lew Burdette, gave up Ernie Banks' grand slam and lasted only 4 innings while allowing six runs. It was Banks' tenth homer of the season and his second grand slam of the season. Time of Game: 2:43
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