Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[Merkle923]

Originally Posted by bobb49

Could 249/250 be Chris Arnold?

Doesn't look a thing like Chris Arnold.

There's also a number evident under the cap, possibly 51 or 57. The only player on Giants' spring training roster in the years in which those particular uniforms were worn (1973-76) to wear one of those numbers was first baseman Tony Pepper, and he is African-American, so that's not him.

[SPORTSMEM817]

Robert Bowman Obituary - San Jose, CA | Mercury News

[cheech411]

Originally Posted by 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.

1 last time u said u had jose vidal indians also ask steve whittaker yanks THANKS !!!!

[hobbs11]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

For reasons that pass all understanding, I'm expanding my interests from 1978 to include other years.

For 1977, looking for color images of these guys:
Orioles - Mike Parrott
Red Sox - Dave Coleman (something other than the yearbook head shot that's floating around), Ramon Hernandez
Indians - Cardell Camper, Alfredo Griffin, Bill Laxton and Sharman Society member Tom McGough
Brewers: Barry Cort, Rich Folkers, Ed Romero (in pre-78 unis) and Dan Thomas (have the image previously listed here)
Blue Jays: Mike Darr, Steve Hargan (have the posed head shot already posted here).

Thanks, and when I get to the Cardinals, I won't even think about asking for a Tom Underwood...

Hey Dewey, not sure the Ramon Hernandez helped you, but while we're on the topic of 1977, I see that both Mike Marshall of Texas and Bob Coluccio in the B&W ChiSox unis are not on your need list. Might you have both of them in color? (and for Bob - other than this pic) Thanks!

[hobbs11]

Merkle, I suppose I'll ask this question of you on the possibility of Topps snapping a pic of Rick with the Phils in '76 or Cardinals in '77. I realize that they had him on a 4-panel rookie card in the 1978 set, however I was curious if there were other images of him that perhaps you recall....

These color images will suffice in the interim I suppose....and the fact that he was involved in the trade with - gulp! - Tom Underwood - is not lost on me....

[Cusick]

Ernie Young was a non-roster invitee with the Giants in 1975. There seems to be some resemblance to the photo in KF 250. Can't explain why the pitching pose in KF 249.

Ernest Young Minor Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

By the way, Merkle, think we have identifications on two of the TBD's you posted earlier. They pertain to KF 197&198 plus 199&200. You'll find the postings on page 1506 of this thread.

[Merkle923]

It's lousy, but it's there.

The Whitaker will be a few months until I do another professional screening.

To answer the Bosetti Topps vault question: no clue. Never looked for him. Sorry.

[Merkle923]

Re the missing Topps Vault ID's, Panick seems likely but I'm not completely convinced. And the Gibbon image is pretty dicey. Topps will have these up for sale on eBay soon enough - we can wait until we see what their records say on them (and, gosh, another Angel posted today, plus this Giant pitcher/infielder/catcher/fan who climbed over the fence and stole a uniform).

[Pinetarpress]

Gene Schmidt....Finally ID'd on e-bay..this player should be in minor league thread....Pitched 5 seasons in the minors...all with the Giants finishing his career with Phoenix in 1979


37-35 career w/ a 4.35 E.R.A in 112 G and 563 IP.

[markmayes]

I am sure this is Rod Allen. He started out in the White Sox system and moved up in their minor league affiliates between 1977 and 1981. Here is the White Sox photo and a photo of Rod from the Tigers a few years later.

[BklynJace]

Merkle, thanks for all the Dexter treasures you've sent our way.

Quick question: in your explorations did you see Topps shots of Joe Ginsberg, Sherman Jones and/or Clem Labine as Mets?

Thanks again!

[cheech411]

maybe ????

[oldtimers]

Hi Merkle, Any more Senators in Dexter or a Maury Wills? Thanks Again. It's nice to see some cool Images with out the Topps Logo in it.

[Merkle923]

No offense meant here, but if there were a copyright-free color image of Reggie Jackson in an A's uniform, don't you think I would've posted it first? Also, it's well established that Jackson was not in camp with the A's in 1967. The only times he would have been available for photography with the "KC" cap would've been the 1966 fall instructional league and his actual stint in the majors with Kansas City in 1967. Reggie himself has asked me about a color image from KC because he says he has never seen one.

As to the '62 Mets, I've posted here before that Topps did not do a formal shoot of the Mets in Spring Training of 1962 - they apparently caught literally only one or maybe two guys (a minor league infielder named Bruce Fitzpatrick) before an exhibition game at somebody else's camp). So they didn't shoot Bob Botz, Evans Killeen, Howie Nunn, Aubrey Gatewood, Ted Lepcio, Ed Donnelly, or any of the other transients who went through that camp.

Even though they first photographed the Mets at the Polo Grounds in New York on April 17 before a game against Houston, and again during the April 27-29 series against the Phillies, there's no evidence that they shot Gus Bell, Joe Ginsberg, Sherman Jones, or Clem Labine (all of whom were gone from the major league roster by May 21, though Jones returned in September). They also never got coach Rogers Hornsby nor September addition Larry Foss.

Regarding Rod Allen/Lorenzo Gray, remember with rare exception Topps never shot a minor league camp before 1990. Before postulating it's one player or another you need to establish if the man was actually in major league camp with the team depicted. Not saying Allen wasn't, but if you can't be sure he was its best to leave it until Topps identifies the image when it posts on eBay.

On the Senators, there are more. Please be specific, remembering these are only photos of players who were with the club in spring training.

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by SPORTSMEM817

Robert Bowman Obituary - San Jose, CA | Mercury News

Bob Bowman (May 1931-January 2017; MLB & Phillies: 1955-1959).
Thanks for the homemade baseball cards of Bob Bowman. He was a favorite Phillie of mine in the late 1950s when I first started to collect baseball cards and follow the game. He had to rank in the top 10 or even the top 5 in outfielder throwing ability of any player to play for the franchise since World War Two and he was a decent offensive contributor off the bench..

[Merkle923]

Not impossible to find - just confirms the inexplicability of a little Topps goof from 1965 when they put a shot of Pete Lovrich from Spring Training 1964 on Krausse's 1965 card. Sure enough, they had the Krausse image in the files. It'll be amusing to see if this image is listed on eBay as Krausse - or Lovrich.

Tuesday's Topps uploads (KF) 267-286 early '70s ABA/NBA (including some of the infamous shirts-worn-backwards poses, always good for a laugh); 287-288 Lew Krausse; 289-290 Rob Dibble; 291-294 Rico Carty; 295-298 Ruppert Jones; 299-300 Jerry Reuss; 301-302 Tom Morgan; 303-304 Doc Edwards; 305-306 Bob Stinson; 307 Pete Smith; 308 Bill Spanswick; 309 Paul Speckenbach; 310 Gordon Windhorn; 311 Ray Moore; 312 Jerry Martin; 313 Dave Roberts; 314 Ken Reitz; 315 Jose Morales; 316 Rick Miller; 317 Billy Masse; 318 Bucky Dent; 319 Rick Monday; 320 Rick Dempsey; 321 Doug DeCinces; 322-323 Todd Worrell; 324 Dwight Gooden; 325 Ron Darling; 326 Bob Boone.

[oldtimers]

Merkle i was looking for Dick Boseman , Phil Ortega , Paul Casanova , Jim French , John Orsino or Bob Priddy. If none are there. I would love to see one or two of the Senators. Thanks for all you do here.

[oldtimers]

I forgot to ask. Did Dexter take any of the Managers or Coaches?

[FatJack]

For anyone who cares, Topps also dumped a bunch o baseball in the MF (insert your own joke here) file, today. These are the more recent "action" variety.

MF 001-005 Ryne Sandberg
006-010 Greg Maddux
011-015 Mark McGwire
016-020 Robin Yount
021-025 Alan Trammel
026-030 Mike Piazza
031-035 Larry Jones
036-040 Derek Jeter
041-045 Kirby Puckett
046-050 Barry Bonds
051-055 Rickey Henderson
056-060 Ken Griffey, Jr.
061-065 Gary Carter

[DeweyintheHall]

Originally Posted by hobbs11

Hey Dewey, not sure the Ramon Hernandez helped you, but while we're on the topic of 1977, I see that both Mike Marshall of Texas and Bob Coluccio in the B&W ChiSox unis are not on your need list. Might you have both of them in color? (and for Bob - other than this pic) Thanks!

Hey there Hobbs - the needs I previously posted were only from the AL East because those are the only 7 teams I'd gotten through - working on the AL West now, and I'll have some other needs to post in the next few days (I've done the ChiSox and that is the Coluccio I'm using; haven't gotten to Texas yet).