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Though George Specs Toporcer has passed away, his great accomplishments as a professional baseball player and executive will forever engrave in our mind. What he impressed us most is his enormous courage to play baseball when he was suffered to wear glasses and at that time few players wore glasses. George Specs Toporcer wore many kinds of glasses when in the baseball field, varying from prescription sport goggles, classic eyeglasses to fashionable eyeglasses. The prescription sport goggles that George Specs Toporcer wore are now very popular among the athletes. This kind of prescription sport goggles are particularly designed to baseball players and are very helpful in protecting the eyes. And George Specs Toporcer also wore ordinary prescription glasses in real life and this made it convenient for him to have better eyesight and made him an attractive man. Classic glasses as well as fashionable glasses are both preferred by him. Are you a determined baseball player and want to wear George Specs Toporcer eyeglasses in your baseball career? If so, Firmoo.com can fulfill your wish and provide you various kinds of George Specs Toporcer glasses that satisfy you both in the aspect of good quality and low price.

More info about him

George Toporczer was a professional baseball player and executive. He served primarily as a utility infielder during his eight seasons in Major League Baseball, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1921 through 1928. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Toporcer is widely considered as the first major league baseball position player to wear eyeglasses on the playing field.

Born and reared in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, Toporcer never played high school, college or minor league ball. He went directly from sandlot baseball to major league competition. He split his first professional season between the Cardinals and the minor league Syracuse Stars.

Following his major league career, Toporcer played for the Cardinals Triple-A affiliate Rochester on four straight pennant-winning teams, being named the International League MVP in 1929 and 1930. He became the Red Wings' manager in 1932, continuing to play and manage the team until 1934. He continued to play in the minors until 1941, typically serving as a player-manager.