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Edwin Marvin Stroud
Washington Senators
Outfield
Born: October 31, 1939, Lapine, AL
Signed: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1963 season
Major League Teams: Chicago White Sox 1966-1967; Washington Senators 1967-1970; Chicago White Sox 1971
Died: July 2, 2012, Cleveland, OH (age 72)
Given the nicknames "Streak" for his speed and "Creeper" for his unusual way of walking, which made it look as if he was sneaking up on you, Ed Stroud played in parts of six seasons with the White Sox and Senators. His speed was on full display in his first two professional seasons, as he stole 74 and 72 bases respectively in 1963 and 1964. Stroud made his debut with the White Sox in 1966, and a trade to the Senators in June 1967 gave him the chance for regular playing time. He appeared tin at least 100 games for the Senators between 1968 and 1970, and was the club's opening day right fielder in 1969. Stroud's best season came in 1970 when he batted .266 with a career-high 29 stolen bases.
Stroud returned to the White Sox in 1971, his final big league season. In 529 big league games, Stroud batted .237 with 320 hits and 72 career stolen bases.
Given the nicknames "Streak" for his speed and "Creeper" for his unusual way of walking, which made it look as if he was sneaking up on you, Ed Stroud played in parts of six seasons with the White Sox and Senators. His speed was on full display in his first two professional seasons, as he stole 74 and 72 bases respectively in 1963 and 1964. Stroud made his debut with the White Sox in 1966, and a trade to the Senators in June 1967 gave him the chance for regular playing time. He appeared tin at least 100 games for the Senators between 1968 and 1970, and was the club's opening day right fielder in 1969. Stroud's best season came in 1970 when he batted .266 with a career-high 29 stolen bases.
Stroud returned to the White Sox in 1971, his final big league season. In 529 big league games, Stroud batted .237 with 320 hits and 72 career stolen bases.
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March last year, over a year ago at this point, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 176th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me $1.25.
The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index -8
Stroud is clearly wearing a White Sox uniform here, and it's odd Topps would go with this photo in lieu of simply re-using the photo from his 1968 Topps card. Stroud wore #40 in his first season and a half in Chicago, and the photo was likely taken in 1966 at the same time as the photo used for his 1967 Topps rookie card. The back of card appropriately highlights his minor league success, including his high base stealing totals in 1963 and 1964.
Accuracy Index: Stroud's card gets another fairly standard -8.
1969 Season
Manager Ted Williams' (#650) opening day line-up for the Senators in 1969 included Frank Howard (#170) in left field, Del Unser (#338) in center field and Stroud in right field. Stroud would start 42 games overall between the corner outfield spots, and while he got off to a hot start, his average slipped below .200 by mid-April. He'd show steady progress throughout the season, getting up to a season high .263 on August 26th. Overall, Stroud batted .252 in 123 games with 29 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. His stolen base total tied him for the team lead with Hank Allen (#623), and his six triples were two behind Unser for the team lead.
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First Mainstream Card: 1967 Topps #598
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (5): 1967-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1971 Topps #217
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 23 in the Beckett online database as of 3/3/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Topps! You already had photos of Stroud wearing a Senators uniform!
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