Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
AJ Block is one of the Cougar’s starting pitchers for the 2020 season. He was solid in his first start of the season, going 7 innings against CSU Bakersfield, allowing 6 hits and 1 ER, striking out 4. It a bummer he did not get the win–this is his fourth[…]
Zane Mills is a sophomore at Washington State University. Last night he pitched against Hawaii and had a very nice game: 7 IP, 5 hits with 7 K’s and only 2 walks. He really only had a rough time of it in the 3rd inning when he allowed two runs.[…]
Josh Bell was the Pirates 2nd round pick of the 2011 draft out of Dallas Jesuit College Prep. While moving up through the Pirates organization he was considered one of the better prospects in baseball. Between 2011 and 2016 he was ranked one of the Pirates Top 10 prospects six[…]
Nick Wittgren was drafted by the Marlins in the 9th round of the 2012 draft out of Perdue University. He twice ranked as one of the Marlins Top 30 prospects (#18 in 2013, #26 in 2015) Wittgren made the majors 2016 with Florida and over the next three seasons proved[…]
Aaron Civale had an impressive rookie season in 2019 for the Cleveland Indians, going 3-4 with a 2.34 ERA/1.040 WHIP–good for an OPS+ of 202. He did not strike out a ton of guys, only 46 in 57.2 innings, but he also only gave up 44 hits. His success should[…]
Aaron Harang is one of my favorite all-time pitchers. Harang was drafted in the 6th round (195th overall) by the Texas Rangers in 1999 out of San Diego State University. He was a well thought of prospect as he made his way up through the minors, ranking as one of[…]
Ryan Conroy was drafted by Orioles in the eighth round of the 2018 draft out of Elon University. He was a very effective starter in college, a role that Baltimore looks like they will try to keep him. In 2019 Conroy saw time at three levels, from Low-A to High-A,[…]
Shelton Perkins was drafted in the 16th round (468th overall) by the Baltimore Orioles in 2019, out of James Madison. He was an effective pen arm in college, a role that he would remain in as a pro. He was assigned to Low-A Aberdeen and got 17.2 innings of work[…]
Ripper Collins could hit the ball hard. And had a long successful career in baseball, both in the minor and major leagues. In 1930 Collins hit .376 with 40 HR for the Rochester Red Wings, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a powerful performance that won him[…]
Connie Johnson made the majors in 1953 with the Chicago White Sox. By the time he made it to the show his arm had some miles on it. He had been pitching–often spectacularly–since 1940. But baseball’s color barrier meant that he would never have a chance to showcase his talents[…]