Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[Rainmaker]

KF220 Reggie Walton is reversed.

[Merkle923]

Still not known in color, but here's a higher quality version of the one known black and white image of Hiller in his last major league uniform, in Pittsburgh in 1968. From a team-issued 8 x 10 on eBay: Original 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 x 10 publicity photo Chuck Hiller | eBay

[lharmon20]

Have you ever seen a color image of Bob "Rocky" Johnson as a Met? Would love to locate one myself.

[Merkle923]

A couple of more Dexters tonight while I have a moment.

Here's Fred Klages, who made a dozen pretty good starts with the 1966-67 White Sox.

[Merkle923]

Got seven plate appearances in September cameos with the '65 and '69 Tigers, the first few after a stupendous outburst of 31 homers in 500 plate appearances in A and AA ball at age 19, and at 5'10" 160.

[Merkle923]

One of the most sought-after collegiate ballplayers of 1962, he got $110,000 out of the brand new Colt 45s. The majors were too much for the 5'7" infielder and he ended up with the '66 A's (and in camp in '67, in front of the Dexter photog, who didn't exactly focus).

[Merkle923]

He did a better job on Sal Bando, who would spend much of the '67 season in the minors and blossom after the A's left for the coast.

[Merkle923]

After 7-1/2 years in the minors (including a terrific 101 RBI season in the Texas League in 1963) Talton got the call and spent half of '66 and all of '67 as a backup catcher in Kansas City. He was also in camp for the Oakland A's in '68 and '69 and there are several shots of him with the "A" cap.

[Cusick]

I haven't been able to identify Topps Vault KF 227 & 228, but I'm sure that they are not Reggie Patterson. The ear comparison simply doesn't work.

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by SPORTSMEM817

Walter Streuli Obituary - Greensboro, NC | The Commercial Appeal

Walt Streuli, who passed away two weeks ago at age 81, had his big leagues debut on his 19th birthday, which was on the season finale of the 1954 season. He got into a total of 6 major league games in his career. (one in 1954, 2 in 1955, and 3 in 1956), but he never appeared in the majors again after May 1, 1956, at the age of 20 years, 7 months and change. His career's development fell victim to the outrageous and unnecessary "Bonus Baby" rules that were in effect from the late 1940s until the mid-1960s.

[cheech411]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

He did a better job on Sal Bando, who would spend much of the '67 season in the minors and blossom after the A's left for the coast.

in dexter press????

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by Cusick

I haven't been able to identify Topps Vault KF 227 & 228, but I'm sure that they are not Reggie Patterson. The ear comparison simply doesn't work.

How about a young IF - Lorenzo Gray? I understand that by the time he arrived in the bigs in '82 that the ChiSox unis had switched. However he was in their organization dating back to the mid 70s....

[Pinetarpress]

Lorenzo Gray is who I immediately thought of...if you line up his rookie card from the 84 topps set (smaller photo) with the TV photo you did not show here his face is in the same angle...But, I don't think it is Gray

I could not find the 1981 White Sox Spring Training roster...perhaps, our answer lies there with a non roster invite

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by Pinetarpress

Lorenzo Gray is who I immediately thought of...if you line up his rookie card from the 84 topps set (smaller photo) with the TV photo you did not show here his face is in the same angle...But, I don't think it is Gray

I could not find the 1981 White Sox Spring Training roster...perhaps, our answer lies there with a non roster invite

Yet why stop at 1981? Was there a 'tell' on the TV image? He was with the organization since '76 as a teenager. Not saying the pic goes back that for but perhaps he was invited to more than one camp?

[Merkle923]

The lighting and uniform clues look similar to other Topps White Sox photos that we know were taken in 1981 - but these do not totally exclude the chance the photo was taken later. It looks like Gray and is identified tentatively as him. Thanks.

[Rainmaker]

Over on the minor league side, KM 237-238 was pegged at Bob Kammayer pinertarpress

[Pinetarpress]

Gonzales was the Tigers 2nd round pick in the January phase of the 1972 draft out of Fullerton College. He spent 7 years in the Tigers system before making the opening day roster in 1979. He made his first big league start on April 9th starting at DH and batting 8th in Kansas City (He went 0-3 with a K against Rich Gale)

He got his 1st big league hit in a start against the Blue Jays on April 20th when he doubled off of Mark Lemongello.

He went 4-18 in 7 games in 1979 and made a brief return to the big leagues with 7 AB in late May of 1980 and he finished his career 5-25 with a pair of RBI. He began 1981 overseas (Hanshin) before finishing the season in the Texas organization. He spent 1982 and 1983 with the Rangers and Phillies organizations and finished his professional career with 1,020 minor league games played and a .280/.333/.398/731line in 3519 AB.

[Merkle923]

Not impossible in Cardinal colors, but Topps lost its deal with him after the 1958 series. His appearance in the uploads is encouraging because it suggests the Vault folks may have tapped his folder, which I know for a fact includes images of him with the Pirates and Mets.

Today's Topps uploads (KF) 247-248 Eddie Fisher; 249-250 Gene Schmidt (Giants system, RHP); 251-252 Dan Gonzales; 253-254 Bud Zipfel; 255-256 Bob L. Miller (1957); 257-258 Paul Toth; 259-260 Mike Heaton (Angels system, RHP); 261-262 Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell; 263-264 Paul Toth; 265-266 Valmy Thomas.

[bobb49]

Could 249/250 be Chris Arnold?

[Merkle923]

Dexter, by request...

Two-time All-America at UCLA and huge power numbers at A and AA - but not as much as one extra base hit in two trials with the '65 and '66 Athletics. When he slapped only seven homers in his first season in AAA in 1967, he walked away from the game at the age of 23.