Helmar This Great Game #150 Hoot Evers Detroit Tigers First Time

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About the Player

Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an American baseball outfielder, scout, coach, and executive.

Evers played professional baseball from 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1956, including 12 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1941, 1946–1952, 1954), Boston Red Sox (1952–1954), New York Giants (1954), Baltimore Orioles (1954, 1956), and Cleveland Indians (1955–1956).

Evers missed the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons due to military service during World War II. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1948 and 1950. During the 1950 season, he compiled a .323 batting average with 67 extra-base hits and led the American League with 11 triples. Multiple broken bones, beanings, and other injuries slowed his production after the 1950 season.

After his playing career ended, Evers worked for the Cleveland Indians as a scout, coach, and farm system executive from 1957 to 1970. He then served as the Detroit Tigers' director of player development from 1970 to 1978.

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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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	$ 50.00
143		Maxwell, Charlie	Arms folded, arm on knee	$ 47.00
150		Evers, Hoot	Bat up, blue sky	$ 0.00
155		Gray, Ted	Hands behind head; plum sky	$ 50.00

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