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Originally Posted by Terry D
This Pittsburgh Pirate was included in the latest batch of Topps Vault images. I think he could be Dorian (Doe) Boyland, an OF-1B who got twenty-one plate appearances scattered across the 1978, 1979, and 1981 seasons. The number he wears here (44) doesn't match any of the MLB numbers Boyland wore during his call ups, but the face looks like him to me. Any thoughts?
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Yeah, that's "Babes In" Boyland. (Okay, Chris Berman probably never got a chance to call him that, but you know he would have.) While Baseball-Reference doesn't list 44 as one of Boyland's uniform numbers, both Wikipedia and Baseball Almanac have him wearing the number in 1979.
Wiki also lists Rick Rhoden as wearing 44 in '79, but that appears to be a mistake. Rhoden only made one appearance for the "We Are Fa-MUH-Lee" World Champions, spending almost the entire season in the minors (despite having pitched in post-season for the Dodgers the previous two years) and, per B-R, wore #41 for that single start.
I would assume that the Bradenton pics are from Spring Training 1980, with Boyland about to lose his spot on the team and have Rhoden take his number.