The 1977 Laughlin Erorrs
set (yes the misspelling is intentional) is a 40 card set that is
dedicated to errors that appear on baseball cards! It's a great little
set with those great Laughlin cartoons, and I thought it would be fun to
do a semi-regular series dedicated to the set and errors found within!
Today's card features Bill Dickey, the Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees. His error comes from the 1933 Goudey set:
Despite playing his entire career at catcher (over 1,700 games total), he's represented on this card as a pitcher, throwing off the mound.
I tried to find another instance of a similar error where a player was shown in a different part of the baseball field than where they normally played. I have it in my mind that I once saw a card where a corner infielder (Will Clark kept popping in my mind) was clearly in the outfield. I couldn't find it however. The closest thing I could find was an insert set from the 2016 Topps set devoted to position players who ended up pitching for their team.
This usually occurs when a team is getting clobbered in a game and they want to keep their bullpen fresh, but in Ichiro's case it was a legend fulfilling his dream by tossing the final inning of the Marlins' 2015 season.
Can anyone else think of an error card where a player is obviously out of position?
I'm guessing Dickey is warming up a pitcher near the third base line (common pre-game occurrence in those days), but not wearing his gear. It's hard to tell but he appears to have a catcher's mitt. The painting was just executed rather poorly to make him look like a pitcher.
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ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun set. Looking forward to more posts.
ReplyDeletePitcher Greg Booker in catcher's gear came to mind. Card #9 in my frankenset: https://waxpackwonders.blogspot.com/p/page-1.html?m=1
I also had "wrong position" as a category in my frankenset, and this post has some additional examples: https://waxpackwonders.blogspot.com/2020/04/when-cards-dont-make-sense.html?m=1
There are also a few cards with position players pitching that are part of the regular set. IIRC, there are ones if Jose Canseco, Mark Grace, and Doug Dascenzo for sure.
Canseco is pitching on his 1993 Upper Deck SP card.
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ReplyDeleteDavey Lopes has a Topps All-Time Fan Favorites card showing him in the outfield but position is listed as 2nd base. Gary Carter’s 1992 donruss card shows him playing first base and listed as catcher.
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