Woody Foster
 

Woody Foster was a first baseman on the 1962 Modesto Colts. He is shown here with the St. Cloud (MN) Rox, an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The photo is from the St. Cloud Times of July 3, 1964.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=foster001woo

Dick Loughridge
 

Dick Loughridge was an outfielder on the 1962 Modesto Colts. The photo shows him with the 1961 Salisbury Braves. It is from the book BASEBALL IN NORTH CAROLINA'S PIEDMONT, by Chris Holaday, an Arcadia Publication.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=loughr001ric

Dennis Willett
 

Dennis Willett was a shortstop on the 1962 Modesto Colts. This photo shows him with the 1968 Lubbock (TX) Hubbers, a team which was not in the affiliated minor leagues. It is from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal of July 12, 1968. An article in another 1968 issue of the same newspaper makes reference to this Dennis Willett of the Hubbers having previously played in the Houston organization.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=willet001den

Carl Riefler
 

Carl Riefler was a first baseman on the 1962 Modesto Colts. I'm not posting his photo because I'm not quite sure which one he is within a group photo, but I'll give you a link to the photo. It's at:
http://oxyathletics.com/sports/bsb/2...20130710kimuxp

The associated story gives eleven names, including coach Grant Dunlap, who had been a major leaguer. I only have photos of Dunlap when he was young, so I can't match him to any of the eleven faces in this photo. Riefler and Dunlap were 6'2" in height. Don Hagen was 5'11". I'm not sure whether any of the others played pro ball, so I didn't try to look up their heights. If the names are meant to be read left to right for purpose of identifying the men in the photo, then Riefler should be in the back wearing a print shirt, fourth from the right, but I'm not certain that they are so intended.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=riefle001car

Pat Dempsey
 

Pat Dempsey is one of those guys I would have thought actually got a big league AB...Perhaps it was because he was on a Topps card or because he was a prospect for several years....but, he never got that AB (although it seems as if he did get on a big league roster but never played)

The brother of longtime big leaguer Rick....Pat has had a very successful run post baseball as one of the premier long distance drivers and a member of the Long Drive Hall of Fame

Pat was a 2nd round (January) pick of the A's in 1977 and he was in their organization thru the 1982 season. His best season was in 1980 when he played for their AAA club at Ogden and hit .318 with 2 HR, 41 RBI, 59 RS, in 111 games. He spent almost all of 1983 with the Orioles AA team driving in 63 and batting .264. He was with the Yankees AA team in 84, Indians AAA team in 85, and he closed out his pro career with 2 seasons on the Twins AAA roster finishing his career with 1027 games played (819 at C) 3442 AB, 46 HR and a .268 .AVG

Pat Dempsey was on the A's spring roster in 1981 and 1982. He was also invited to the Twins' camp in 1986 and 1987 as a non-roster invitee. He never survived on a big league roster into the regular season.

the info I got that he might have been in the big leagues but never played in a game- came from his own website where it says

"It's a little known fact that Patrick Dempsey turned down a soccer scholarship to pursue his love of baseball. He spent 12 years in the minor leagues, moving up to the big leagues, where he fondly refers to himself as "a big league bench warmer". Just after a few short months, he suffered a torn rotator cuff injury & was sent back to the minors."

As previously stated, I've only found that he was on spring rosters twice -- in 1981 and 1982. Several newspapers each year demonstrate that he was sent to the minors before the season started. Example for 1981, the Santa Cruz (C) Sentinel of 3/31/1981 reported that the A's sent Pat Dempsey to Tacoma of the PCL. Example for 1982, The Indianapolis Star of March 22, 1982 reported that the A's assigned Pat Dempsey to their minor league camp.

It would have been helpful if Dempsey's website had specified the year when he was claiming that he had been in the major leagues. I did a search on his entire minor league career 1977-1984 using the terms "pat dempsey" and "rotator cuff." Came up with nothing. That would have been too easy.

This additional newspaper searching did reveal that he was a non-roster invitee to spring camp with the A's in 1977 and 1979. Still didn't do anything to place him on the major league roster during any season.

Since his website provides a link to a page for a contact, and that contact page allows you to write a message, why don't you write to Pat Dempsey to see if he will clarify what he meant by being in the majors and see if he will specify what season it happened, if he contends that it was during the regular season?

Fred Rivero
 

Fred Rivero was a pitcher on the 1963 Modesto Colts. This image was taken from a group photo of international Houston prospects who arrived at the Moultrie, GA minor league camp of the Colts. It was published in the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal of April 4, 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=rivero001fre

Ramon De La Cruz
 

Ramon "Ray" De La Cruz was a third baseman and catcher for the 1963 Moultrie Colt .22s.. This image was taken from a group photo of international Houston prospects who arrived at the Moultrie, GA minor league camp of the Colts. It was published in the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal of April 4, 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=delacr001ram

Oliverio Sparks
 

Oliverio Sparks was a first baseman and outfielder for the 1963 Moultrie Colt .22s.. This image was taken from a group photo of international Houston prospects who arrived at the Moultrie, GA minor league camp of the Colts. It was published in the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal of April 4, 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=sparks001oli

Nicodemus Aizpurua
 

Nicodemus "Nicko" Aizpurua was a second baseman and shortstop with the 1963 Modesto Colts. This image was taken from a group photo of international Houston prospects who arrived at the Moultrie, GA minor league camp of the Colts. It was published in the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal of April 4, 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=aizpur001nic

Ed Moxey
 

Edmondo "Ed" Moxey was another player with the 1963 Modesto Colts. He played multiple positions, but was found most often in the outfield. This image was taken from a group photo of international Houston prospects who arrived at the Moultrie, GA minor league camp of the Colts. It was published in the Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal of April 4, 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=moxey-001edm

Jim Todhunter
 

Jim Todhunter was on the 1963 Modesto Colts. During the course of his minor league career, he played more games at shortstop than at any other position. But he was a versatile infielder, and handled second and third base as well.

The photo shows him with the Amarillo Sonics. It is from the Amarillo Globe-Times of May 2, 1966.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=todhun001jam

Gaynor Cawley
 

Gaynor Cawley was a pitcher on the 1963 Moultrie Colts. The photo is from the Nov. 18, 1983 issue of the Philadelphia Daily News, and shows Cawley as a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=cawley001j--

Ray Ferrand
 

In 1963, Raymond "Ray" Ferrand appeared with both the Moultrie and Modesto Colts. He was a third baseman, second baseman, and outfielder.

His baseball playing career ended through a freak accident. He was practicing a golf swing in his back yard. The ball went the wrong direction and hit him in his left eye. He lost that eye, and it was replaced by a glass eye.

The photo is from the New Orleans Times-Picayune of March 28, 1965, after the accident. He has returned to his alma mater, Nicholls State, as an assistant coach with the baseball team.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=ferran001ray

Jim Marrujo
 

Pitcher Jim Marrujo was on both Moultrie and Durham in 1963. He was on the New York Yankees' spring roster in 1964 and 1965.

The photo was on eBay some years ago. I don't recall the precise date.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=marruj001jim

Ed Mello
 

Ed Mello was with the Moultrie Colts as an 18-year-old in 1963. He had been a pitching star with the North High Vikings in Omaha. The photo is from the Omaha World-Herald of May 5, 1962, and shows him with the Vikings.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=mello-002edw

Bill Palko
 

Pitcher Bill Palko was on the 1963 Moultrie Colts. This photo is currently for sale on eBay by fritschcardsauctions and shows him in the uniform of the 1965 Santa Barbara Dodgers.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=palko-001wil

Joe Panella
 

Joe Panella was an outfielder with the 1963 Moultrie Colts. The photo is from the Sept. 29, 1960 issue of the Oakland (CA) Tribune. The occasion was his receiving an award for his performance in semi-pro baseball.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=panell001jos