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Card # 160
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Helmar This Great Game
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Emil "Dutch" Leonard
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Showing knuckleball grip
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Chicago Cubs
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About the Player
The short bio from the Helmar-R319 card back: If it seems that “Dutch” has been around forever, it is because he has. He started his career back in 1930 with the Canton Terriers of the Central League. By 1933 he had clawed his way up to the big leagues with the Brooklyn club. He first made a name for himself the following year by going 14-11. Like the knuckleball that he’s mastered, he has sort of floated around the league ever since. His best year so far was in 1939 when he won 20 against 8 for Washington. But the next year he dropped 19. In Chicago he’s getting lots of work in the middle innings and still confusing hitters with the knuckler. He says the pitch is easy on the arm and that is why he likes it.
About the Series
This series marks a step in a new direction for Helmar. For the first time we take a serious look at baseball in the 1950's and then, perhaps, the 1960's. The game found itself changing dramatically in this post WWII era, influenced by both the larger society and technological innovation. The color barrier may have been officially broken in 1947 but the acceptance of black players by the big league clubs came slowly, if surely. Reliable and inexpensive air transportation paved the way for geographic expansion. The game, which had been centered in the East and Midwest, found new opportunities along the West Coast.
The very center of the baseball world through the decade was New York City. New York teams competed in every World Series through the decade except for 1959. In many of those years both teams competing were from the city. Interestingly, New York also became the center of the art world at the same time. Migration after WWII brought many creatives to the Big Apple and movements such as abstract, modernism, surrealism and avant-garde.
Studying the era has inspired Helmar to use bold, often surreal colors in this series. We hope that you will join us as we explore this era of change.
Card size: 3" x 4"
Individually Numbered 1-20
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