Baseball Parkers

[Kirk Potter]

Seeing how opening day was this past weekend, I was wondering if anyone owns or knows of any Parkers that were owned by baseball players?

Ty Cobb.. I can’t tell from this picture but I know he owned a Fox.

[Jerry Harlow]

Babe Ruth's supposed GH Parker was for sale a few years back. The dealer was selling it with a restored GH just like it. Babe's supposed Parker was kind of rough from what I remember, and I think it either had his initials or name on the trigger guard. I remember a photo of him with a fur type coat on holding a Parker. Hope my memory is correct and it was not a dream. Found the old thread.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1093&page=2

[Dave Tercek]

At one time Tom Gibbons said he had a Babe Ruth Parker for sale.

[Marty Kohler]

I remember hearing somewhere about a gun owned by Christy Mathewson...

[George Lander]

I have a 20 bore DHE that I purchased at auction from Holt's in England. The initial plate bears the name "S.D. McGraw" who I believe was associated with either the Giants or the Yankees. It was made in 1925.

Best Regards, George

[edgarspencer]

Tug McGraw's first name was Frank

[Ed Blake]

John J McGraw managed the NY Giants.

[Victor Wasylyna]

There are only two seasons: [winter] bird and baseball.

-Victor (and Bill Veeck)

[Mike Franzen]

I remember a hearing somewhere about a gun owned by Christy Mathewson...

Christy’s gun showed up at the Southern a few years ago. If I remember correctly when it was discovered it was in pretty bad shape and had the stock broken in two. A new stock was made for the gun and a complete resto was performed. It was a C grade and of course very nice. The fella who bought was I believe the Georgia state sporting clays champion. I spent a couple hours with him watching people shoot the 5 stand and admiring his gun.

[Bill Murphy]

Two Parkers owned by Honus Wagner have been shopped around for a few years.

[John Knobelsdorf II]

https://www.rockislandauction.com/blog/honus-wagners-parker-brothers-shotguns/

The DH gun looks to have been riden hard and put up wet.

[Bill Murphy]

I was at the auction where two of Honus' guns were sold. I bought five guns at that auction and never got the itch for the baseball guns. You have to get a feel for a gun, discounting the provenance sometimes. I never got a feel for the two Honus guns.