Minor League Baseball Players - Page 79

Penale52 · 09-16-2016, 09:11 PM

Rony Viox with the 1898 Kansas City Blues

Cusick · 09-17-2016, 04:10 PM

Pitcher Art Lamb is the brother of major leaguer John Lamb. Art was a non-roster invitee with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960.

This photo shows Art with his high school baseball team. He went to school at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT.

Arthur Lamb Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com · 09-17-2016, 09:28 PM

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Merkle923 · 09-19-2016, 11:38 PM

27-game interim manager of the 1999 Astros and long time major league coach had an improbable eight-year career as a second baseman in the minors (nearly all of it in the Yankees system) even though he was just 5'6" and a 62-round draft choice out of St. John's in 1966.

After a .342 start in A-ball as a rookie pro, Galante even went to spring training with the Yankees in 1967 and is featured in a prospects' page in the back of the book. But I'd never seen this portrait of him before until it turned up in a publication like "Yank News" from that same year.

Cusick · 09-21-2016, 09:06 AM

Gary Puttmann had a nifty 14-1 record with the Greenville Mets in 1966. That earned him a slot as a non-roster invitee with the New York Mets in 1967.

The attached photo shows him with the Greenville Mets. It's from the Greenville (SC) News of August 14, 1966.

Baseball-reference.com doesn't currently list his home town. He's from Lawton, Iowa.

Gary Puttmann Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

Merkle923 · 09-25-2016, 08:32 PM

This is the infamous fireballing the right-hander the Orioles signed to a huge bonus, only to discover that they'd only seen him pitch from a mound that was less than 60 feet, 6 inches from the plate.

Bruce Swango Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

He's near the end here with Vancouver in 1962, in the same team picture as Bert Cueto shown here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post4094559

Dto7 · 09-26-2016, 01:59 PM

Jack Huston of the 1898 Savannah baseball team

Cusick · 09-27-2016, 04:07 PM

Here's an example of how desperate major league teams were for ballplayers during World War II. The 14-year-old kid on the right was actually on the St. Louis Browns' spring roster in 1944. He was an outfielder named Ted Atkinson. His athletic genes stemmed from being the son of a middleweight fighter named Billy Atkinson (photo of Billy attached).

The photo of Ted Atkinson is from the St. Louis Star-Times of March 24, 1944. The fellow waving the baton and supposedly giving him instructions is Don Gutteridge.

After Ted was released by the Browns from spring camp, he was sent home to Scammon, Kansas, never to be seen again in pro ball.

P.S. I was probably hasty in saying "never to be seen again in pro ball." There was a Ted Atkinson, a catcher, who played minor league ball in the Yankees' system from 1950 through 1954. Baseball-reference indicates that catcher Ted Atkinson was born in 1929, which would have had him turning Age 15 in 1944. The only thing I know about where he came from is that he attended the University of Missouri prior to playing pro baseball. Since our 1944 outfielder Ted Atkinson was from Scammon, Kansas, which is fairly close to the Missouri line, not far from Joplin, it's certainly plausible that he could have elected to have attended Mizzou. And he could have changed playing positions from outfielder to catcher. So they could be the same player. I just don't know.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=atkins001the

FatJack · 09-27-2016, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cusick

Here's an example of how desperate major league teams were for ballplayers during World War II. The 14-year-old kid on the right was actually on the St. Louis Browns' spring roster in 1944. He was an outfielder named Ted Atkinson. His athletic genes stemmed from being the son of a middleweight fighter named Billy Atkinson (photo of Billy attached).

The photo of Ted Atkinson is from the St. Louis Star-Times of March 24, 1944. The fellow waving the baton and supposedly giving him instructions is Don Gutteridge.

After Ted was released by the Browns from spring camp, he was sent home to Scammon, Kansas, never to be seen again in pro ball.

Desperate for ballplayers or desperate to sell tickets?

Oddly enough, 1944 was the only year the Browns would win a pennant. And it had a lot to do with the fact that, while other teams were losing big name stars to the war effort, most of the Browns top players were 4-F.

rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com · 09-30-2016, 04:37 PM

1960 Montebello high school Ron Kotick 1969 Seattle Pilot NRI also played for 1969 Clinton Pilots

Cusick · 10-01-2016, 09:12 AM

Here are crisper versions of the Kotick Montebello (CA) High School photos discovered by Lumpkin.

Pinetarpress · 10-04-2016, 03:44 PM

Longtime minor leaguer Juan Lopez showed up in today's TV....Lopez was signed by the Brewers out of Puerto Rico in 1971 and spent 9 seasons in their organization with 6 of those seasons in AAA. He never got a single big league at bat. He went to Detroit in 1980 and played for the Tigers thru 1984 all with their AAA club at Evansville. He had a career line of .253/.307/.336/.643 in 4284 minor league at bats.

It would be pretty tough to find many players with 11 years of AAA experience to never get in one single big league game

Cusick · 10-06-2016, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinetarpress

Longtime minor leaguer Juan Lopez showed up in today's TV...

It would be pretty tough to find many players with 11 years of AAA experience to never get in one single big league game

Lopez was on the Brewers' spring roster four different times (1974-75-76-77), which doesn't happen very often for players who don't become major leaguers. However, I've seen a few who were on spring rosters five times without making the big leagues.

rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com · 10-09-2016, 10:09 AM

are there .

Penale52 · 10-09-2016, 05:41 PM

Charles Houtz with the 1877 Indianapolis Blues

Penale52 · 10-09-2016, 05:47 PM

Mike Dinnen with the 1877 London Tecumseh

Penale52 · 10-09-2016, 05:51 PM

Baseball-Reference lists a Southam with no first name playing for the 1877 London Tecumseh. The caption for the team photo gives his first initial as R.

Penale52 · 10-09-2016, 05:57 PM

Joseph Roche with the 1878 Utica club of the International Association.

Penale52 · 10-09-2016, 05:58 PM

Nicholas Alcott with the 1878 Utica club of the International Association.

Cusick · 10-14-2016, 08:51 AM

William E. "Bill" Hockenbury was an All-Star third baseman four times in the minor leagues. He converted to pitcher in the Winter Leagues in the Caribbean, which I assume is why he is posed as a hurler on this 1952 Parkhurst baseball card. (He appeared in 25 games as a pitcher in 1952; another 51 games as a non-pitcher). He was on the Philadelphia A's spring roster in 1947.

Bill Hockenbury died recently on October 11 at Age 92.

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

09-16-2016, 09:11 PM	#1561
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Rony Viox Rony Viox with the 1898 Kansas City Blues Attached Images

09-17-2016, 04:10 PM	#1562
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,282 Blog Entries: 1	Art Lamb Pitcher Art Lamb is the brother of major leaguer John Lamb. Art was a non-roster invitee with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960. This photo shows Art with his high school baseball team. He went to school at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT. Arthur Lamb Register Statistics & History \| Baseball-Reference.com Attached Images

09-17-2016, 09:28 PM	#1563
rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 2,466 Blog Entries: 6	. Last edited by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com; 07-10-2019 at 09:11 AM.

09-19-2016, 11:38 PM	#1564
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,122	Matt Galante 27-game interim manager of the 1999 Astros and long time major league coach had an improbable eight-year career as a second baseman in the minors (nearly all of it in the Yankees system) even though he was just 5'6" and a 62-round draft choice out of St. John's in 1966. After a .342 start in A-ball as a rookie pro, Galante even went to spring training with the Yankees in 1967 and is featured in a prospects' page in the back of the book. But I'd never seen this portrait of him before until it turned up in a publication like "Yank News" from that same year. Attached Images

09-21-2016, 09:06 AM	#1565
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,282 Blog Entries: 1	Gary Puttmann Gary Puttmann had a nifty 14-1 record with the Greenville Mets in 1966. That earned him a slot as a non-roster invitee with the New York Mets in 1967. The attached photo shows him with the Greenville Mets. It's from the Greenville (SC) News of August 14, 1966. Baseball-reference.com doesn't currently list his home town. He's from Lawton, Iowa. Gary Puttmann Register Statistics & History \| Baseball-Reference.com Attached Images

09-25-2016, 08:32 PM	#1566
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,122	Bruce Swango This is the infamous fireballing the right-hander the Orioles signed to a huge bonus, only to discover that they'd only seen him pitch from a mound that was less than 60 feet, 6 inches from the plate. Bruce Swango Register Statistics & History \| Baseball-Reference.com He's near the end here with Vancouver in 1962, in the same team picture as Bert Cueto shown here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post4094559 Attached Images

09-26-2016, 01:59 PM	#1567
Dto7 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 882	Jack Huston Jack Huston of the 1898 Savannah baseball team Attached Images

09-27-2016, 04:07 PM	#1568
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,282 Blog Entries: 1	Ted Atkinson Here's an example of how desperate major league teams were for ballplayers during World War II. The 14-year-old kid on the right was actually on the St. Louis Browns' spring roster in 1944. He was an outfielder named Ted Atkinson. His athletic genes stemmed from being the son of a middleweight fighter named Billy Atkinson (photo of Billy attached). The photo of Ted Atkinson is from the St. Louis Star-Times of March 24, 1944. The fellow waving the baton and supposedly giving him instructions is Don Gutteridge. After Ted was released by the Browns from spring camp, he was sent home to Scammon, Kansas, never to be seen again in pro ball. P.S. I was probably hasty in saying "never to be seen again in pro ball." There was a Ted Atkinson, a catcher, who played minor league ball in the Yankees' system from 1950 through 1954. Baseball-reference indicates that catcher Ted Atkinson was born in 1929, which would have had him turning Age 15 in 1944. The only thing I know about where he came from is that he attended the University of Missouri prior to playing pro baseball. Since our 1944 outfielder Ted Atkinson was from Scammon, Kansas, which is fairly close to the Missouri line, not far from Joplin, it's certainly plausible that he could have elected to have attended Mizzou. And he could have changed playing positions from outfielder to catcher. So they could be the same player. I just don't know. http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=atkins001the Attached Images Last edited by Cusick; 09-28-2016 at 09:27 AM. Reason: Added the P.S.

09-30-2016, 04:37 PM	#1570
rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 2,466 Blog Entries: 6	1960 Montebello high school Ron Kotick 1969 Seattle Pilot NRI also played for 1969 Clinton Pilots Attached Images Last edited by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com; 09-30-2016 at 04:49 PM.

10-01-2016, 09:12 AM	#1571
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,282 Blog Entries: 1	Ron Kotick Here are crisper versions of the Kotick Montebello (CA) High School photos discovered by Lumpkin. Attached Images Last edited by Cusick; 10-01-2016 at 09:19 AM.

10-04-2016, 03:44 PM	#1572
Pinetarpress Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 423 Blog Entries: 1	Juan Lopez Longtime minor leaguer Juan Lopez showed up in today's TV....Lopez was signed by the Brewers out of Puerto Rico in 1971 and spent 9 seasons in their organization with 6 of those seasons in AAA. He never got a single big league at bat. He went to Detroit in 1980 and played for the Tigers thru 1984 all with their AAA club at Evansville. He had a career line of .253/.307/.336/.643 in 4284 minor league at bats. It would be pretty tough to find many players with 11 years of AAA experience to never get in one single big league game Attached Images

10-09-2016, 10:09 AM	#1574
rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 2,466 Blog Entries: 6	are there . Last edited by rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com; 07-10-2019 at 09:12 AM.

10-09-2016, 05:41 PM	#1575
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Charles Houtz Charles Houtz with the 1877 Indianapolis Blues Attached Images

10-09-2016, 05:47 PM	#1576
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Mike Dinnen Mike Dinnen with the 1877 London Tecumseh Attached Images

10-09-2016, 05:51 PM	#1577
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Southam Baseball-Reference lists a Southam with no first name playing for the 1877 London Tecumseh. The caption for the team photo gives his first initial as R. Attached Images

10-09-2016, 05:57 PM	#1578
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Joseph Roche Joseph Roche with the 1878 Utica club of the International Association. Attached Images Last edited by Penale52; 10-09-2016 at 05:59 PM.

10-09-2016, 05:58 PM	#1579
Penale52 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lockport, New York Posts: 545	Nicholas Alcott Nicholas Alcott with the 1878 Utica club of the International Association. Attached Images

10-14-2016, 08:51 AM	#1580
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,282 Blog Entries: 1	Bill Hockenbury William E. "Bill" Hockenbury was an All-Star third baseman four times in the minor leagues. He converted to pitcher in the Winter Leagues in the Caribbean, which I assume is why he is posed as a hurler on this 1952 Parkhurst baseball card. (He appeared in 25 games as a pitcher in 1952; another 51 games as a non-pitcher). He was on the Philadelphia A's spring roster in 1947. Bill Hockenbury died recently on October 11 at Age 92. Bill Hockenbury Register Statistics & History \| Baseball-Reference.com Attached Images