Minor League Baseball Players

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1960 Geneva Reds

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Hello. Anyone have photos of these Wayne Krenchicki Cards? 1. 1995 Tyler Wildcatters 2. 2002 Choice Camden Riversharks . Or any minor league photos as a player and or Manager? Thanks to any response.

[Cusick]

Hard to believe, but Cecil "Dolly" Gray once held the "world's home record" by hitting 33 homers in a season. That was in 1913 (in the midst of the Deadball Era) with the Charleston (WV) Senators of the Ohio State League.

There seems to be all sorts of confusion about Cecil Gray's record as he progressed through a minor league career. B-R.com gives the name of the guy who hit 33 homers in 1913 as unknown-first-name Gray. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, by Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff (2nd Edition - 1997) credited a Carl Gray of Charleston with leading the Ohio State League that year in batting average (.366) and home runs (33). The newspaper research I've conducted makes clear that it was Cecil Gray.

Cecil was one of those Sharman Society guys who spent some time at the big league level, but never got into a regular season game. He was with the New York Yankees during part of September, 1909.

The photo is from the Cincinnati Enquirer of September 22, 1913, and shows him with the Charleston Senators.

The two B-R.com records which should be merged to show Cecil's minor league career are:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=gray--001cec

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=gray--012---

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Steve Williams from 1968 Geneva Times Newspaper with the Newark Co-Pilots Worked with to lighten the best that I could. Not the best photo.

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From the 1969 Geneva Times Newspaper. 1969 Newark Co-Pilots Joe Jabar, Carlos Bernhardt, Andy Sebor, Juan Carry, Jerry Bell & Charles Bertino. Paper originally dark. Worked with to lighten and some what colorized

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1969 Geneva Times Newspaper of 1969 Newark Co-Pilots of Ray Peters and Wilbur Howard. Worked with to lighten the best I could. Wilbur Howard could not lighten anymore. Ray Peters lighten pretty well

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1969 Geneva Times Newspaper Marty West & Dave Margolius

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1968 Co-Pilots from Newark Newspaper. If anyone has better photos and larger. Of any please post.

[Spritze]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Hard to believe, but Cecil "Dolly" Gray once held the "world's home record" by hitting 33 homers in a season. That was in 1913 (in the midst of the Deadball Era) with the Charleston (WV) Senators of the Ohio State League.

There seems to be all sorts of confusion about Cecil Gray's record as he progressed through a minor league career. B-R.com gives the name of the guy who hit 33 homers in 1913 as unknown-first-name Gray. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, by Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff (2nd Edition - 1997) credited a Carl Gray of Charleston with leading the Ohio State League that year in batting average (.366) and home runs (33). The newspaper research I've conducted makes clear that it was Cecil Gray.

Cecil was one of those Sharman Society guys who spent some time at the big league level, but never got into a regular season game. He was with the New York Yankees during part of September, 1909.

The photo is from the Cincinnati Enquirer of September 22, 1913, and shows him with the Charleston Senators.

The two B-R.com records which should be merged to show Cecil's minor league career are:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=gray--001cec

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=gray--012---

fixed in the OOTP database

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From Geneva Times Steve McCartney

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From Seattle Pilots.com site. Which list these minor league players.

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[Cusick]

John Cooper was a catcher and outfielder. In 1910, the Chicago White Sox drafted him after he had spent the season with Brandon in the Western Canada League.

Later on, he would lose his life in World War I fighting for the USA. He died in France on September 2, 1918 while in the Army.

My father was a sergeant in the US Army in World War I, and he was in France for the final battle of Meuse-Argonne in 1918. He did not talk about combat, so I don't know the extent to which he was exposed to it. But the 100th anniversary of the close of World War I is poignant to me, and I certainly appreciate the sacrifices of the brave men like John Cooper who fought on our behalf in the "war to end all wars."

The Cooper photo comes from the baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com website.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=cooper001joh

[Home Free]

Expanding the story (and legend) of Jerry Hummitzsch that Kusick has told here. Pitching for the Braves' Class AA team in Austin, he by several accounts was close to earning his initial MLB promotion midway through the 1964 season.
On May 22nd, he had just finished off a 10-inning,1-0 win in which he drove in the only run, putting his record at 3-2 with a 1.22 ERA (best in the Texas League) through five starts.
Teammate Walt Hriniak, a promising infielder, was having a birthday and Hummitzsch decided to take his teammate fishing. Driving a convertable sports car, it flipped over in the wee hours of the morning, killing Hummitzsch instantly.
Irony of ironies, he as driver was buckled in, while passinger Hriniak was not. Hriniak was reportedly launched through the windshield and needed more than 100 stitches on his face among numerous injuries that ended his season. To this day, Hriniak will not talk about the accident.
Image on eBay by Kylesportscards. Colorization by Zappa.

[DeweyintheHall]

LInk to Major League Player thread for reference: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ostcount=32891

Looking for any images of John Killian -
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=killia001joh

Or Thomas Railing -
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=railin001tho

Each worked out with the Red Sox in the spring of 1907 and are identified as far left (Railing) and one from left (Killian) in the attached image. Trying to confirm.

[Marisfor HOF]

From RMY Auctions here's a photo of pitcher Chuck Rose and 2B/SS Frank Ruddy along with another player only identified as Sullivan. Any idea who he might be? Of course they were Yankees at this point - just quoting the RMY listing.

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by Marisfor HOF

From RMY Auctions here's a photo of pitcher Chuck Rose and 2B/SS Frank Ruddy along with another player only identified as Sullivan. Any idea who he might be? Of course they were Yankees at this point - just quoting the RMY listing.

Article in the Washington Post of April 3, 1914. Dateline New York, April 2.
"Six of the Yankees' squad were disposed of tonight." First of the demoted players mentioned was Jack Sullivan, second baseman. He was released outright.

Sullivan probably won't be found in Baseball-reference.com, as he wasn't in pro ball prior to joining the Yankees. The Washington Herald of Feb. 11, 1914 (Dateline New York, Feb. 10) reported the following about him: "John Sullivan, a semi-professional second baseman, who was recommended by Fritz Maisel, was signed yesterday by the Yankees. Sullivan played in the Buffalo City League last year and ran up the tidy batting average of .400."

By the way, Frank Ruddy was trying out as a catcher when he was in the Yankees' spring camp in 1914, though it looks like he's wearing an infielder's glove in the photo.

[DeweyintheHall]

Can anyone assist with player identification? Also, any if anyone knows h name of the park they played in, and/or could post an image, it'd be appreciated. Thanks!

[Splitter24]

I know this photo will probably be of little use to you, but Sioux City at that time played in Evans Driving Park (alternately known as just Evans Park), which also served as a horse track. I'm attaching a photo, Nice foul territory!