Good day all. On the blog today, we spotlight my card for Dan
Brouthers, Hall of Fame first baseman, from my custom "19th Century Base
Ball Stars" set released back in 2018 in deluxe packaging:
Fun set to put together!
Brouthers
put in 19 seasons under the Big League sun, and was spectacular, to the
tune of a .342 career batting average with 2303 hits over 6726 at-bats
in 1676 games.
He took home five batting titles, hitting as high as .374 in 1883 with the Buffalo Bisons and .373 in 1889 while with Boston.
He
led the league in hits three times, runs twice, doubles three times,
triples once and homers twice, with two RBI crowns thrown in for good
measure in 1883 and 1892.
The man never hit below .300 in any
one of his full-time seasons, and topped .350 six times, while topping
the 100-RBI mark six times as well.
In 1945, he was given his rightful spot in Cooperstown when he was selected by the "Old Timers Committee".
An early elite hitter who definitely left his mark on the game, even some 130+ years later!