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Can this be topped?

TunispaulTunispaul Posts: 156
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Last night at a minor league game, a man was pointed out to me who was a former major leaguer. His name was Dick Egan, a pitcher for the Tigers, Angels, and Dodgers. He had a short career but get this: He has four Topps cards, 1963, 1964, 1966, and 1967 but only 1 career win. Is there any other player who has more mainstream cards without any wins or just one win? No pre-rookie cards please.
#1 2000 Blue Xceptional Set(and #2 and #3, it's a sickness)
1933 Giants

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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Might not top yours but Ernie Davis is a short print rookie in 62 topps and never played a down in the nfl. I'm not sure if there are any other cards of players who died before they could play. I don't think Len Bias ever had a card.

    There was a pinch runner for the A's (herb washington?) who I don't think could hit at all but could fly. If I remember right he never batted once. He has a card in the 75 topps set.


    There might have been a few players in the nfl who got hurt and never played, can't think of any though.
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  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Well, Egan was not a starting pitcher--he was a relief pitcher who appeared in 74 games (closing 29 of them) so his job really wasn't to win games--just provide middle relief and pick up saves here and there. I guess we could search a database for relief pitchers to see who never or rarely got any official wins and then check Beckett player guide to see how many cards they have--I would bet there are a good number of pitchers with multiple cards and 0-1 wins.

    I don't mean to be a "sourpuss", just pointing out some facts.
    I collect Vintage Cards, Commemorative Sets, and way too many vintage and modern player collections in Baseball (180 players), Football (175 players), and Basketball (87 players). Also have a Dallas Cowboy team collection.
  • TunispaulTunispaul Posts: 156
    Yeah, I noticed that he started no games in his career but it still struck me as odd that he didn't accumulate more than one win. 3 of his cards are high numbers so maybe he didn't play the whole season each year and was a late call up. I am not sure how Topps made their cuts for the later series.
    #1 2000 Blue Xceptional Set(and #2 and #3, it's a sickness)
    1933 Giants
  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    Moonlight Grahamimage
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    Herb Washington's "position" was pinch-runner!

    Think of all the doof's who have shiny cards today, but will never have an at bat, play a down, take a shot, etc.

    Ahhhhhhhhh, Dr. Archie "Moonlight" Graham from Chisholm, Minnesota. Great character!
  • SoutherncardsSoutherncards Posts: 1,384 ✭✭
    Here's Herbie!

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    Sure are alot of empty seats in that stadium.
  • skilowskilow Posts: 784
    Bruce Sutter never started a game.
  • bxbbxb Posts: 805 ✭✭
    Here is the back of his 1967 card showing his career stats:

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    Capecards
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