Minor League Baseball Players

[Cusick]

Jim Koranda was on the spring roster of the 1957 and 1959 Dodgers.

Lou Vassie was on the spring roster of the 1959 Phillies.

Dick Berardino was a non-roster invitee with the 1961 Yankees.

Jim Napier was a non-roster invitee with the White Sox in 1960, 1961, and 1963.

[Cusick]

Ed Drapcho was on the 1961 White Sox spring roster.

Glen Rosenbaum was a non-roster invitee with the White Sox in 1956, 1957, and 1958. (I can't vouch for 1959, because I haven't figured out the NRI's for that year yet).

[Cusick]

These four were all major leaguers.

[Cusick]

For those of you who prefer images in color, here is catcher Anthony "Nini" Tornay. He was a non-roster invitee with the 1959 Kansas City Athletics. (The 1959 NRI's are a work-in-progress).

The photo comes from a slide-show which accompanied his obituary. He died on June 22, 2015.

Tony Tornay Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

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1968 Alaska Gold panners which consisted of Wayne Vincent, Alvin Strane and Albert Strane, which all 3 played in the Pilots Farm System. all 3 played for the 1969 Clinton Pilots.

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1969 Clinton Pilots. seated: batboy? front row (l to r) :Jose Rodriguez, Nelson Straley,Fernando Gonzalez, Mike Morelli, Odis McCowan, Wayne Vincent, Alvin Strane, Karl Kuehl. mid row: trainer?, Carlos Velazquez, Miguel Fuentes, Domi Apellaniz, Tom Kelly, Steve Jones, Ted Owens, Darvin Traylor, Rick Auerbach, Fritz Coulshen (G.M.), back row: Dave Tallman, Wayne Sullivan, Frank Kimball, Jim Slaton, Mike Swain, Larry Bright, Larry Pickett, Bill Parsons, Ray Peters and Dave Renkiewiczk.. anyone know the Name of the batboy? The Trainer Name is Ron Fox

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anyone with a photo of Gary Leon Carter? He was drafted by the Senators in 1967 and played in their system till 1970

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does anyone know who is who in this 1970 Denver Bears team photo?

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

anyone with a photo of Gary Leon Carter? He was drafted by the Senators in 1967 and played in their system till 1970

This photo of pitcher Gary Leon Carter is from the Burlington (NC) Daily Times-News of July 31, 1970. It shows him with the Burlington/Alamance Senators.

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

does anyone know who is who in this 1970 Denver Bears team photo?

I'll make an attempt at identifying some of them. For purposes of placing them in rows, I'm counting the two dressed in street clothes and standing as being in the middle row.

Jan Dukes - Top row, far right
Manager Whitey Kurowski - Middle row, 2nd from right
Joe Patterson - Bottom row, 4th from right
Doug Ritter - Top row, 7th from left
Dick Billings - Front row, 5th from left
Bob Humphreys - Front row, 2nd from left
Bill Whitby - Top row, 4th from left
Ron Theobald - Front row, 3rd from right
Jackie Brown - Middle row, far left
Elvio Jimenez - Front row, 2nd from right
Art Fowler - Front row, 6th from left

Now it's time for an appointment with my eye doctor. This team photo is way too small for making a satisfactory identification.

[Cusick]

Catcher Bill Lachemann is the brother of major leaguers Rene and Marcel. He is best known as a coach for the California Angels in 1994 and 1995.

He made an appearance as a non-roster invitee player with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. An article in the L.A. Times on March 1, 1959 indicated that he would be in the starting lineup that day for the Dodgers' first intrasquad game of the spring training season. He was due to face the likes of Ron Fairly, Carl Furillo, Frank Howard, and Johnny Podres on the opposing side.

This photo comes from The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR) of June 26, 1961. It shows him in the uniform of the Salem Dodgers.

Bill Lachemann Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Catcher Bill Lachemann is the brother of major leaguers Rene and Marcel. He is best known as a coach for the California Angels in 1994 and 1995.

He made an appearance as a non-roster invitee player with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. An article in the L.A. Times on March 1, 1959 indicated that he would be in the starting lineup that day for the Dodgers' first intrasquad game of the spring training season. He was due to face the likes of Ron Fairly, Carl Furillo, Frank Howard, and Johnny Podres on the opposing side.

This photo comes from The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR) of June 26, 1961. It shows him in the uniform of the Salem Dodgers.

Bill Lachemann Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

in 1983 at age 48, Bill Lachemann appeared in 1 game for the Fresno Giants

[FatJack]

Jim Allicotti passed away in June at the age of 85. A right-handed hitter, Baseball-Reference indicates he played only 3 seasons in the minors--the first two as part of the St. Louis Browns organization--but its believed the B-R record is not complete as SABR has uncovered at least one regular season boxscore in a wire story showing that he played (at least that game) for the Spokane Indians of the WIL in 1952 or 1953. Apparently, minor league teams of that time routinely did not include stats for hitters with fewer than 10 at bats in their final season tallies...something I did not know.

Jim missed part of one season and all of 1951 serving in the military. Between baseball seasons, he worked as an extra in Hollywood films. After baseball, he became a teacher. And, after retiring from teaching, Jim went back to working as an extra--this time in television.

Jim stood 6' 2", weighed between 180 and 190, batted and threw right-handed (all details missing from B-R). He was an outfielder who could flat-out fly. But he was a light hitter. He was one of those guys you'd like to bat leadoff because he could make things happen on the basepaths, but you couldn't bat leadoff because you can't steal first.

I love the image of Jim with the 1950 Miami OK Eagles of the KOM League. That's cool. That says "baseball" to me. I don't suppose anybody knows what the uniform colors were. I mean, I'd love to colorize the image, but I don't want to be guessing about the colors (I could not find anything on line). I'm tempted to go blue and gold (don't ask me why). That image comes from John Hall's Flickr feed. John literally wrote the book on the KOM league. He was once a batboy for the KOM League's Carthage Cubs.

The other image is a spring training image of Jim with Spokane in 1952 from the Spokesman-Review of April 12. Just cuz.

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Bill Madlock-1970 Geneva Senators-1970 Geneva Times

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anyone with a photo of Dick Baldwin? he was in the Senators farm system 1966-70

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com

anyone with a photo of Dick Baldwin? he was in the Senators farm system 1966-70

This photo of Dick Baldwin, an outfielder at the time, is from the Burlington (NC) Times-News of April 16, 1968. His uniform is that of the Burlington/Alamance Senators.

[Cusick]

A fairly decent shot of Ripken, Sr. with the Fox Cities Foxes. This is from the Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent of April 29, 1960.

Cal Ripken Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

[Merkle923]

Haven't looked at the minors thread for awhile, and I have a couple of items requested herein.

So here's a companion to the earlier 1958 shot of Elia signing with the Phillies. This is included, and given quite prominent play, in the '60 Phils yearbook.

[Merkle923]

Edwin M. Fisher, 1969 West Palm Beach Expos, as requested earlier in the thread: