BABE HERMAN Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1932 Cincinnati Reds George Burke

DATE: 1932

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period

TEAM: Cincinnati Reds

SUBJECT: Babe Herman

PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2"

MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused.

NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1

COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Babe Herman, pictured in his Cincinnati Reds uniform circa 1932. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1932, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends.

BIO: Floyd Caves Herman was born in 903 in Buffalo, NY and died in 987 in Glendale, CA. He played major league baseball from 926 to 945 as outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Herman was involved in one of the most absurd plays in baseball history when he doubled into a double play. With the bases loaded, he hit a long hit and began racing around the bases. As he rounded second, the third base coach yelled at him to go back because the runner from first, Chick Fewster, hadn't yet rounded third. The runner from second, pitcher Dazzy Vance misunderstood and headed back to third, even though he could have scored easily. Herman ignored the coach and headed for third himself, so that all three players wound up there. The third baseman tagged all three runners, putting out Fewster and Herman but not Vance, who was entitled to the base according to the rules. The three men on third story led to a standard joke in which a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, on being told that his team had three men on base demanded to know which base.

SKU: GB10025

Item: GB10025

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BABE HERMAN Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1932 Cincinnati Reds George Burke BABE HERMAN Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1932 Cincinnati Reds George Burke BABE HERMAN Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1932 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
BABE HERMAN Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1932 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
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