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Old 07-14-2015, 12:26 AM   #25674
Merkle923
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Buck Ewing 1880

Metrics work against the man generally considered by those who saw them to be the top all-around player of the 19th Century.

William "Buck" Ewing's glory years as the catcher of the New York Giants (146 OPS+, the leader of the back-to-back World Series winners of 1888 and 1889) were behind him when this card came out in 1893. They were a distant memory on a Cooperstown plaque by the time this battered card appeared for the first time in 2012.

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