Chris Davis' mustache/ great baseball mustaches

[El Gordo]

It was a little harder, but it's not like George Washington or Thomas Jefferson was sporting a full beard in the 1700s.

Imagine George with a 3 day stubble. :smile11:

[DrungoHazewood]

Here are some classic 1800s baseball mustaches:

The Apollo of the Box, sometimes ambidextrous pitcher and 1894 Oriole Tony Mullane:

Near-HOF quality pitcher and HOF-quality mustache Bobby Mathews:

Recent HOF inductee Deacon White, who famously said "no man is going to sell my carcass unless I get half":

HOFer Tim Keefe:

HOFer King Kelly, once sold for the unheard-of sum of $10,000 ($8755 was just for the facial hair):

Another member of the 1894 Orioles, first baseman Big Dan Brouthers:

And one more HOFer, Big Sam Thompson:

[ArtVanDelay]

Cal Broughton. This guy played in Baltimore in 1883.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brougca01.shtml

[DrungoHazewood]

Back in those days, the mustache was a sign of being a man, and the fact that it was extremely difficult to shave in those days.

Just yesterday I was reading an article on people found preserved in northern European peat bogs. Some of them 1000s of years old but so well preserved by the bog that you could see their couple days worth of stubble. So folks were shaving in, like, 3000 BC.

[DrungoHazewood]

Asa Brainard, one of the stars of the first openly professional team the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings:

[MDtransplant757]

It was a little harder, but it's not like George Washington or Thomas Jefferson was sporting a full beard in the 1700s.

That and it depends on what is considered fashionable at the time.

[MDtransplant757]

Just yesterday I was reading an article on people found preserved in northern European peat bogs. Some of them 1000s of years old but so well preserved by the bog that you could see their couple days worth of stubble. So folks were shaving in, like, 3000 BC.

Really. That's interesting!

[Orioles4Life21]

The razor burn had to be killer in those days.

[JLee2027]

It was a little harder, but it's not like George Washington or Thomas Jefferson was sporting a full beard in the 1700s.

True. Technically, both were red heads (most people don't know that), so it may have been invisible.

[JLee2027]

Just look at the statues of Roman Emperors...all clean shaven.

[DrungoHazewood]

It appears that shaving began roughly 40,000 years ago.

[Jagwar]

Look at the difference in their legs. LOL. That Selek could pass as an athlete of any kind is laughable in hindsight.

To be fair, there are Giant Sequoias that weren't as thick as Big Hurt's legs.

[Jagwar]

The Davis mustache really caught me off guard last night. But, he proceeded to homer and drive in two runs so it can stay.

I was like, "Man, when did the O's re-sign Larry Sheets?"

[25 Nuggets]

It appears that shaving began roughly 40,000 years ago.

Whatever got those pesky lice out of their mouths right?

[25 Nuggets]

Look at the difference in their legs. LOL. That Selek could pass as an athlete of any kind is laughable in hindsight.

Tom Selleck played basketball on scholarship for Southern Cal for two seasons, 1965-67 as a JUCO transfer. Was a benchwarmer, but look it up.