Vintage Red Sox: Clyde Engle

Today's vintage Red Sox card to show off is a little bit interesting.  This is an original T205 card that was collected by Topps and framed as part of the 2003 Topps 205 set.  It was an interesting idea and I always wanted one of them.  There was one I was watching a few years back, but the price was never right.  I am pretty sure it was Jake Stahl.  Well, I ended up with this one:

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Clyde Engle spent eight seasons in the Major Leagues, five of those years coming with Boston.  He was originally with the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees) and was sold to Boston early in his second season.  Engle played all over the diamond and seldomly settled on one position in a season, except in 1913 when he was the team's primary first-baseman. 

Engle was not a real good hitter, even for the Deadball Era.  He did have a very good year in 1913 when he was a regular player though.  That season, he hit .289/.363/.384 with 17 doubles, 12 triples, two home runs and 50 RBIs.  He did have some decent speed too as he stole 28 bases that season. 

In 1914, Engle was sold to Buffalo of the short-lived Federal League.  His total numbers with Boston included 512 games with a slash line of .265/.341/.338 with 55 doubles, 25 triples, six home runs, 163 RBIs and 80 stolen bases.  Not great numbers, but decent for a utility player.