Phantom Ballplayer

A phantom ballplayer can be one of two things:

  • Someone who is incorrectly listed in source materials as playing in a Major League Baseball game, often the result of typographical or clerical errors. Most of these types of phantom players date from the 19th or early 20th century, with at least one showing up as late as World War II.
  • A player who spent time on an active major league roster, but never actually appeared in a big-league contest.

Read more about Phantom Ballplayer:  Phantoms Who Never Were, Real Players Who Never Played, Honorable Mentions

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    “It was a favor for which to be forever silent to be shown this vision. The earth beneath had become such a flitting thing of lights and shadows as the clouds had been before. It was not merely veiled to me, but it had passed away like the phantom of a shadow, skias onar, and this new platform was gained. As I had climbed above storm and cloud, so by successive days’ journeys I might reach the region of eternal day, beyond the tapering shadow of the earth.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)