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Card # 121
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Helmar This Great Game
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| Player |
Position |
Team |
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Dizzy Trout
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Purple sky
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Detroit Tigers
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| Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
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Last Sold |
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$ 69.89
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8
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6
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4
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September 11, 2024
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Comments on this Card
From the card back: In the 1940s, Trout was one of the “T’s” in Detroit’s famed “TNT” mound trio with teammates Hal Newhouser and Virgil Trucks. He’s not as explosive as dynamite at this stage of his career, but Dizzy can still whip a pretty good fastball to the plate. He has 160 wins to his credit through 1951, all in the employment of the Tigers, whom he helped win the ‘45 World Series. With a low-riding fastball, Dizzy rarely allows home runs.
About the Player
From the "This Great Game" card back: In the 1940s, Trout was one of the “T’s” in Detroit’s famed “TNT” mound trio with teammates Hal Newhouser and Virgil Trucks. He’s not as explosive as dynamite at this stage of his career, but Dizzy can still whip a pretty good fastball to the plate. He has 160 wins to his credit through 1951, all in the employment of the Tigers, whom he helped win the ‘45 World Series. With a low-riding fastball, Dizzy rarely allows home runs.
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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| Helmar This Great Game, Detroit Tigers |
| Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
| 4 |   | KELL, George | Full figure throwing | $ 49.48 |
| 13 |   | KALINE, Al | Batting follow through | $ 58.00 |
| 15 |   | Kuenn, Harvey | Batting stance, side view | $ 47.00 |
| 19 |   | BUNNING, Jim | Sitting portrait | $ 66.00 |
| 51 |   | NEWHOUSER, Hal | Pitching follow through | $ 46.00 |
| 73 |   | Hutchinson, Fred | Full figure follow through | $ 96.00 |
| 121 |   | Trout, Dizzy | Purple sky | $ 69.89 |
| 130 |   | Boone, Ray | Leaning forward | $ 0.00 |
| 143 |   | Maxwell, Charlie | Arms folded, arm on knee | $ 0.00 |
| 150 |   | Evers, Hoot | Bat up, blue sky | $ 0.00 |
| 155 |   | Gray, Ted | Hands behind head; plum sky | $ 0.00 |
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