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You could fill the internet with justifiable complaints about George Brace's photography but never about his comprehensiveness. The Topps photographic archive of 1956-90 is best compared to the ancient Library of Alexandria, but Topps always had at least two photographers in at least two different cities working all season (plus at every spring training camp).

Bill Short wound up pitching in just 73 games spread across six seasons but George managed to photograph him in each of his big league uniforms. In a couple of cases this was quite the feat. This is Short's itinerary between the day he broke in with the Yankees in April, 1960:

1960: Richmond (Until April 23), Yankees (April 23-June 4), back to Richmond with elbow woes (June 5-July 30), Yankees (July 31-August 12), back to Richmond

1961: Richmond, and disabled list, all season. To the Orioles in the Rule V Draft

1962: Orioles (April 15-May 6), Rochester (balance of season)

1963, 1964, 1965: Rochester

1966: Rochester (Until June 30), Orioles (July 1-August 15) including a six-hit shutout over the Twins, sold to his childhood favorite team, Boston (August 15) appeared only eight times in relief, sold to the Pirates (October 7)

1967: Pirates (Until cutdown day, May 15), Columbus, sold to the Mets (October 2)

1968: Mets (his only full major league season), selected by the Reds in the Rule V Draft

1969: Indianapolis (to May 31), Reds (June 1-June 13), back to Indianapolis, retired at season's end.

George Brace got short in every uniform except the '62 Orioles whose first visit to Chicago was just after he was sent to Rochester. Those cameos with the O's, Red Sox, Pirates, Mets, and Cubs, all contained in the 35 months ending June 13, 1969? George got them all.

And Bill gave him the same look each time: as if he'd suddenly realized he'd left his car running in the players' parking lot at Comiskey.