George Strickland
Portrait of George Strickland, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bowman series. Printed on front: "George Strickland." Printed on back: "George Strickland. Infield, Pittsburgh Pirates. Born: New Orleans, La., Jan. 10, 1926. Height: 6-1. Weight: 175. Bats: right. Throws: right. A snappy infielder. Played mostly at short in 1951. Played some also at second. In a total of 138 games. His 98 hits were good for 151 bases. He batted in 47 runs. His average was .216. Among his extra-base knocks were 12 doubles, 7 triples and 9 circuit smashes. No. 207 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001777
- Subject:
- Strickland, George (George Bevan), 1926-
- Baseball players--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Strickland, George
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.