Minor League Baseball Players

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Any photos of Ray W. Allen. He played in the Braves and Mets system 1966-1972. Thanks to any response and Thanks in advance.

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Calero was on the San Francisco Giants' spring roster in 1962.

The photo on the left shows him with the El Paso Sun Kings in 1963. It's from the El Paso Herald-Post of July 9, 1963. The next two photos show him with the Louisville Colonels. The one picturing him juggling baseballs is from the Louisville Courier-Journal of April 13, 1969. The other is from the same newspaper, but the issue of May 19, 1961. The color image is a 1972 Puerto Rican League sticker showing him with the Mayaguez Indians.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=calero001jos

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

Any photos of Ray W. Allen. He played in the Braves and Mets system 1966-1972. Thanks to any response and Thanks in advance.

This photo is from the Greenwood (SC) Index-Journal of July 26, 1968. As I came across it, it looked completely darkened. I brought up the image as much as possible. It shows Ray Allen in the uniform of the Greenwood Braves.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=allen-001ray

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Mr. Mucker (first name unknown) is shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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Harry Miller, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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Timothy Bailey, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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W. Carpenter, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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Ralph Joanes, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Looking for a photo of Tom Wesley. Howard. Played in the Marlins system. Played a part of a season in the Devil Rays system.

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Patrick Lynch, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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Fred Orelup, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Looking for a photo of Tom Wesley. Howard. Played in the Marlins system (1993-2001). Played a part of a season in the Devil Rays system(1998 Charleston Riverdogs) If possible in the Riverdogs uni. if not any photo.Thanks in advance.

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Thomas Vallelly, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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Harry Webber, shown here with the 1890 Ottumwa club of the Illinois-Iowa League.

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William Russell, shown here with the 1910 Ottumwa Packers.

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

Looking for a photo of Tom Wesley. Howard. Played in the Marlins system (1993-2001). Played a part of a season in the Devil Rays system(1998 Charleston Riverdogs) If possible in the Riverdogs uni. if not any photo.Thanks in advance.

This photo shows Tom Howard with the Elmira Pioneers. It's from the Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette of June 15, 1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=howard005tho

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

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[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

In 1996. Lykes put out 10 peferated sheets of 9 cards each of minor leaguers. Does anyone have these. Please post.

[Cusick]

Ben Banks was the younger brother of Ernie Banks. Since he was two years younger, I believe that Ben was born in the final months of 1932. He died in 1969 at the age of 37. He was a second baseman.

The Cubs signed Ben to a minor league contract. In the spring of 1956, they brought him to their major league camp as a non-roster invitee. After that, they assigned him to the Lafayette (LA) Oilers in the Evangeline League. According to the biography of Ernie Banks, LET'S PLAY TWO, by Ron Rapoport, once Ben arrived in Lafayette, "he met a woman who went with him to California." The book contains a quote from Ernie that says that Ben simply left the team and said he didn't like baseball. Ernie was also quoted as saying that Ben had more talent than he did.

Before arriving with the Cubs, Ben had played for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues.

The photo on the left appeared on a website called scoopnest.com in 2016. The photo on the right is from the Chicago Tribune of Feb. 10, 1956.


There is no record for this Ben Banks in baseball-reference.com. The Ben Banks on that website is a different player.

P.S. A little more reading brought me a clearer explanation of why Ben Banks never played for the Lafayette Oilers. A 2013 article called "A League of Their Own," by Ryan Whitney, covered some history of the Evangeline League. The article said that in early 1956, the East Baton Rouge Parish, where the League's Baton Rouge Rebels team was located, promulgated a rule that prohibited visiting League teams from playing black players in the city-owned ballpark there. That put pressure on the League, and a few weeks later instead of supporting its players, the League itself required all its teams to transfer their black ball players off their rosters. According to another book, LET'S PLAY TWO: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ERNIE BANKS, by Doug Wilson, Ben Banks was reassigned to Twins Falls, ID where the Cubs' Magic Valley Cowboys of the Class C Pioneer League played. That must have been when he left for California.

[Cusick]

This athlete has a fascinating history which is told in more detail on the Negro Leagues thread on the following page:

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...99642&page=179

His career in the minor leagues is cataloged in Baseball-reference.com under the following record:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=muraka001---

The photo is from a publication called Nippu Jiji, dated August 17, 1940, whose audience is the Japanese diaspora.