Monster Card Monday: 1936 Hal Trosky

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Suggested by Pastor Rich Zawadzki, this 1936 Hal Trosky card is quite simply fun.  Just to look at it, it is a thing of beauty. 

In 1936, Trosky led the AL with 405 total bases and 162 bases with the Indians.  He had ample extra base hits with 45 doubles and almost as many homers with 42.  He even managed 9 triples.  He could hit for average too with 216 hits and a .343 batting average. 

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
1936 Totals 151 671 629 124 216 45 9 42 163 6 36 59 .343 .382 .644
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/16/2015.

 

What a fun card!  With double 1s, a 44-6 and a 25-7, Trosky’s card is sure to produce.  He’s even got a 15-10. 

Watch out for that runner on third situation, too.  Four chances for a home run! 

Fun numbers:  44-6, 25-7, 35-8

The beauty is that Trosky did this as a J-0. 

Depending on your source, Trosky was born as Harold “Trojovsky” or “Troyavesky”.  Either way, he shortened his name by just taking the first three and last three letters of his last name.  You try it! 

Thanks Pastor Rich “Zawzki” 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

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