Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[KenRaffensberger16]

My thanks to Braves 70 for the Terrific shot of Tony Taylor in his Detroit Tigers days in the section directly above.. After 2 1/2 productive seasons (1971-1973) with Detroit, Tony had 1,955 career hits. He returned to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1974 where he had been extremely popular in a previous stint (1960-1971). It took Taylor about all of 1974 & 1975 to get the 45 hits he needed to reach the 2,000 hits milestone, with most of them coming as pinch hits. His milestone 2,000th hit (a bunt) was delivered on the next-to-last day of the '75 season. Taylor returned for a 19th and final MLB season (and
15th season with the Phillies) in 1976, but was injured most of the year and he finished his career with 2,007 hits in the big leagues. (1958-1976 - Cubs, Phillies, Tigers and Phillies again). He was elected in 2002 to the Phillies HOF - The Philadelphia Wall Of Fame. He originally was signed out of Cuba for the 1954 season by the New York Giants for their farm system, but was acquired later by the Chicago Cubs for whom Taylor made his major leagues debut in 1958. . Born 12/19/35, he is 78.

[KenRaffensberger16]

Pete Burnside - pictured as an Oriole a couple of pages back on page 1104, section 22069 has a special place in my memory.
A rainout at the Polo Grounds on the next-to-last day of the 1955 season necessitated a season-ending Phillies-NY Giants doubleheader on 9/25/55. With a chance for two for the price of one my father decided it was time for me (who had just turned 6 years old) to see his 1st big league ballgame (make that plural - ballgames). - and what a day it turned out to be.
(I remember events if not the player names so I used The directory of major league seasons to fill in some details).
Burnside in his second or third major league appearance defeated the mighty Robin Roberts, who was going for his 24th win in the opener. Willie Mays homered (his 51st) and the Giants built a 5-0 lead. Burnside held the shutout until the ninth when Stan Lopata hit a two run homer, but Burnside held on and completed the game for his first major league win. The Phillies had needed a sweep to finish above .500 so in the nightcap they were trying to salvage a .500 season.
Game 2 was truly magical. Light-hitting, Phillies shortstop Ted Kazanski who hit a mere 13 home runs lifetime, hit an inside the park home run, but his real penchant for accomplishing rare achievements didn't surface until later. . Both pitchers Phila. Curt Simmons (7-8 in an injury-filled season ) and NYG Jim Hearn (14-15) needed a win to avoid finishing below .500. Simmons went 8 effective innings, leaving with a 3-1 lead. His replacement for the bottom of the 9th inning, Jackie Meyer, put the first two men he faced on base, however, jeopardizing the win for Simmons. To say that threat ended suddenly is the mother of all a major understatements as Giants 2B Bobby Hoffman smashed a dangerous liner towards left, but wait.....Kazanski at short leaps to spear the drive flips to 2B Bobby Morgan to force Joe Amalfitano and Morgan's relay to 1B Marv Blaylock catches Whitey Lockman off first as fans sat there stunned slowly realizing that they had just seen a game, doubleheader and season-ending TRIPLE PLAY.
What an introduction to big league baseball -it's no wonder I love the game.
If all that wasn't enough, before we reached home we learned from the car radio that with a disappointing third place finish for the Giants in 1955 after they had been World's Champions the previous year, that Giants' manager Leo Durocher had been fired. It was really quite a day - and it started with some unlikely pitching heroics by rookie Pete Burnside.

[pmac]

Charlie Chant 1975 (1976 Cardinals)

This is a treasure of old baseball photos. Many thanks to those who have posted here I didn't see this on the forum, figured I would post it here

[pmac]

Anyone have the following, all from the 1976 season:
Doug Bair, Pirates
Wayne Tyrone, Cubs
Steve Dunning, Angels
Gary Woods, A's
Carlos Lopez, Angels
Gary Wheelock, Angels
Doug Ault, Rangers
Craig Skok, Rangers
Phil Roof, White Sox
Nyls Nyman, White Sox
Jimmy Rosario, Brewers

Any and all help is appreciated

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by pmac

Anyone have the following, all from the 1976 season:
Doug Bair, Pirates
Wayne Tyrone, Cubs
Steve Dunning, Angels
Gary Woods, A's
Carlos Lopez, Angels
Gary Wheelock, Angels
Doug Ault, Rangers
Craig Skok, Rangers
Phil Roof, White Sox
Nyls Nyman, White Sox
Jimmy Rosario, Brewers

Any and all help is appreciated

1976 White Sox.

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by pmac

Anyone have the following, all from the 1976 season:
Doug Bair, Pirates
Wayne Tyrone, Cubs
Steve Dunning, Angels
Gary Woods, A's
Carlos Lopez, Angels
Gary Wheelock, Angels
Doug Ault, Rangers
Craig Skok, Rangers
Phil Roof, White Sox
Nyls Nyman, White Sox
Jimmy Rosario, Brewers

Any and all help is appreciated

As pictured in the Brewers 25th Anniversary set.

[pmac]

Sam Mejias 1976 (1976 Cardinals)

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by pmac

Sam Mejias 1976 (1976 Cardinals)

Here is a larger version of the Mejias photo.

[UKBaseballfan]

1953 Philadelphia Athletics

[pmac]

I have updated my list of 1976 photo requests:
Doug Bair, Pirates
Hugh Yancy, White Sox
Steve Dunning, Angels
Gary Woods, A's
Carlos Lopez, Angels
Gary Wheelock, Angels
Doug Ault, Rangers
Craig Skok, Rangers
Rich Hinton, Reds
Nyls Nyman, White Sox

Again any and all help is appreciated
Thanks again tnfoto

[tnfoto]

1976 Braves.

[pmac]

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by pmac

Anyone have the following, all from the 1976 season:
Doug Bair, Pirates
Wayne Tyrone, Cubs
Steve Dunning, Angels
Gary Woods, A's
Carlos Lopez, Angels
Gary Wheelock, Angels
Doug Ault, Rangers
Craig Skok, Rangers
Phil Roof, White Sox
Nyls Nyman, White Sox
Jimmy Rosario, Brewers

Any and all help is appreciated

Didn't know if you would accept action pics...courtesy of Getty

[UKBaseballfan]

1933 Cincinnati Reds

[okcochise]

For those who download my baseball cards a new update has been uploaded with about 550 new cards for seasons 1956-1973. Game Front

[KenRaffensberger16]

Tony Taylor - from a 1975 Phillies game Program,

[cheech411]

[keonleafs]

Pete Cimino Twins 65-66
Pete Cimino Angels 67-68
Neil Chrisley Senators 57-58
Rich Chiles Mets 73
Ossie Chavarria KC A's 66-67

[keonleafs]

Foster Castleman Orioles 58
Pete Charton Red Sox 64
Bruce Christensen Angels 71
Joe Cherry Phillies Minors 66-67
Craig Chamberlain Traded to Giants March 30 1982..never played for them

[tnfoto]

Facepack upgrade, pictured with the 1895 Nashville Seraphs.