Hey, Whitey!

A previous post featuring Blackhawks favorite Pat Stapleton got me thinking about his nickname, "Whitey".  

I'm guessing this is the most famous "Whitey" of them all, "The Chairman of the Board", Whitey Ford.

It's an often overlooked fact that Whitey Ford was part of a successful US Military time travel experiment.  In 1953 Whitey was sent back in time and went 18-6 for the 1933 Yankees.  True story.

Whitey Herzog was a baseball "lifer" starting in 1949 as New York Yankees farmhand and ending in the Angels front office in 1994.  Along the way he became a manager and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2010.

Whitey Lockman also had a long career in baseball as a player, coach, scout, and front office man.  

Whitey  scored the tying run preceding Bobby Thomson across the plate as part of the "Shot Heard Round the World".

Yet another baseball "lifer", Whitey Weitermann spent over 40 years as a player and coach.

Jim from Downington added:

Any other notable Whiteys you can think of?  

1989 Kahn's Cooperstown Collection

I saw these on Ebay and they looked interesting and they were cheap.

The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards says:
"This 11-player card set was available through a mail-in offer,  One dollar and three proofs of purchase form Hillshire Farms were needed to obtain the set.  The card fronts feature  paintings of recent Hall of Fame inductees.  A coupon was also included with each set."  I'd add that the card stock they used is very thin.

Autographed Baseball Cards A-Z

When I got back into collecting five or so years ago one of the things that excited me was the availability of autographed cards.  Perhaps I went a little overboard but I think I picked up some nice cards.  This will be an A-Z series of posts with varying numbers of cards.


Does anyone not like Rollie Fingers--- if not for his pitching, then for his name, if not for his name for his mustache?  Here he is on two of my favorite sets.

 2005 UD Signature Decades #SD-RF

 1999 SP Signature Edition #Rol

I knew I wanted a Fisk auto.  This one is on card and very bold.  Glad he's in a Red Sox uniform.  

2001 Fleer GOTG

Can't Have Too Many Whitey Fords.

 2003 UD Yankee Signature Series #PN-WF

I love this 67 reprint.

 2001 Team Topps Fan Favorites Reprint #3

I have a collection of 1968 Tigers and you have to have the catcher.  Freehan is probably under appreciated overall though he was an 11 time All-Star and one of the all time great defensive catchers.  Past Time Pennants has one of the best autograph checklists of any set.

 2005 UD Past Time Pennants #BF

 2005 UD Artifacts #FR

It's really hard to pick a favorite from this group.