UNR / Reno area playersby Hittinaway - 43 cards (Last updated on May 8, 2024) |
1. 2005 Donruss Leather & Lumber - Leather Cuts #LC-39 Lyle Overbay
Played at UNR from 1996-99. The best baseball player to come out of Nevada in my opinion. He played for several teams over his MLB (2001-2014) career and was part of the 2001 World Series Champions while playing his rookie year with the Diamondbacks. |
2. 1990 Leaf #519 Shawn Boskie
Although Shawn did not go to UNR he went to Reno High School, where my mom went. He had a good career in the majors with his 8 total seasons. Started his rookie year for the Cubs and played with 6 teams by the end. |
5. 2008 Upper Deck First Edition #13 Chad Qualls
Only played 2 years at UNR (1999-2000) with 79 wins and 7 complete games. Made Nevada HOF in 2018. Had a decent career in the majors. |
8. 1990 Topps #146 Rob Richie
Rob is the only baseball player I have to have been born and raised in Reno and played for UNR. His only MLB experience was in 1989 and batted .265 with 55 at bats. |
10. 1996 Fleer Update - Tiffany #U209 Chris Singleton
Chris played football and baseball at UNR (1992-93). He was drafted by the Giants but didn't make his debut until 1999 with the Whitesox. He finished 6th in the AL Rookie of the Year ballot and ended up playing 6 seasons in the majors. He is now a baseball broadcaster. |
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Shawn Estes Matt Williams not UNR but Nevada Here is a good link https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/index.cgi?key_school=c0474c79 https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/NV_born.shtml same can be done with football, basketball, hockey etc I live in Nevada too. This state has been very bad to me and my family. Hope the list helps | ||
Unfortunately, the *-reference.com doesn't cover CFL guys, but there are cards available of guys like Lucuis Floyd, Shar Pourdanesh and Chris Vargas available. And Fajardo is having a great season with the Riders, having become the starter after an injury and has lead them to the Western Division lead. Still no CFL cards for him, though. | ||
I like that Babbitt and Johnson went on to play together professionally. I'm not really familiar with them, but it's a cool story and experience for them. | ||
Bob Hamm, #90 Houston Oilers, 1983-1984, never received his own NFL card. But he made a cameo appearance on Eric Dickerson's 1985 Topps Record Breaker card. | ||
Good find C2Cigars! I never would have found that! I wonder how many players who don't have cards are lost in the background. |
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