Turkey Reds

Vintage Baseball Card Art For Sale

  • Home
  • About
    • Turkey Reds Baseball Player List
    • Turkey Reds Boxer List
  • FAQ
  • Shop
    • My Account
  • Contact

Hal Chase

April 15, 2014 By General Manager Leave a Comment

Hal Chase - Turkey Redsclick here to purchase this image now

Harold Homer Chase

Born: February 13, 1883 in Los Gatos, CA
Died: May 18, 1947 in Colusa, CA
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Position: First Baseman

 
Played For: 

New York Highlanders (1905–1913), Chicago White Sox (1913–1914), Buffalo Blues (1914–1915), Cincinnati Reds (1916–1918), and New York Giants (1919).

 
Biography:

No lesser figures than Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson named him the best first baseman ever, and contemporary reports describe his glovework as outstanding. Also a great hitter in the dead ball era, he is sometimes considered the first true star of the franchise that would eventually become the New York Yankees. In 1981, 62 years after his last major league game, baseball historians Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Despite being an excellent hitter and his reputation as a peerless defensive player, Chase’s legacy was tainted by a litany of corruption. He allegedly gambled on baseball games, and also engaged in suspicious play in order to throw games in which he played.

 

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Chase
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hal_Chase

Filed Under: Baseball Cards, Turkey Reds Cards Tagged With: baseball card, ephemera, Hal Chase, sports art, Turkey Red Cabinets Card, vintage

Newsletter

Signup to receive updates on new additions to the Turkey Reds collection.

Recent Posts

  • Owen Wilson
  • (no title)
  • Bobby Wallace
  • Ira Thomas
  • Fred Tenney

Recent

  • Owen Wilson
  • (no title)
  • Bobby Wallace
  • Ira Thomas
  • Fred Tenney

Tags

79 art restoration baseball art baseball card Baseball Card Restoration baseball cards Battling Nelson boxer boxing Brooklyn Superbas Cardinals Dodgers ephemera fix George Bell graphic artist Hal Chase Home Run Baker Jimmy Gardner Johnny Marto Miner Mordecai Brown Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown Owen Moran Packey McFarland Philadelphia pugilist Red Sox repair Roger Bresnahan sports art St. Louis Cardinals stock illustration Three Finger Tommy Murphy Turkey Red Cabinets Card Turkey Reds Turkey Reds Cabinet Cards Ty Cobb vintage vintage baseball vintage baseball art vintage sports card White Sox Yankees
  • Follow Me:
    Pinterest
    Twitter
    Facebook
    Grab This
  • Copyright © 2025 TurkeyReds.com · Website Services by Image Market Inc.