Thursday, July 2, 2020

American Caramel Ed Karger

I do not have many cards in my Red Sox collection that pre-date World War I, just a T206 Tubby Spencer and a T205 Bill Carrigan.  But now I have this one too, from American Caramel E90-1:
Edwin Karger is definitely not a household name, but those are the easiest ones from this time period to get.  Karger arrived in the Majors in 1906 and lost 19 games while splitting time with the Pirates and Cardinals.  The next season, entirely with St. Louis, he lost 19 games again, but he did have a 2.04 ERA.  He started 1909 with the Reds then was sent to the minors before he was traded to the Red Sox along with Charley "Sea Lion" Hall for Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan.  Hall was the big get for the Red Sox, but Karger had some decent numbers for Boston.  He was particularly good in 1910 when he was 11-7 with a 3.19 ERA in 183.1 innings.  He was a pretty good hitter too, with a line of .294/.342/.412 with two home runs and eight RBIs.  Not Ruthian numbers, but not bad either.  He was 21-17 with a 3.25 ERA in parts of three seasons with Boston.

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