Minor League Baseball Players

[Rainmaker]

Acquired in the same batch....I will post a few that I did ID later.



Guy No. 4



Guy No. 5



The last guy

[Cusick]

Jason Baker was a pitcher on the Montreal Expos' spring roster in 1997 and 1998. He was also a non-roster invitee with the Atlanta Braves in 2000. He bears some resemblance to the first guy among the unidentified Braves above, although I'm not absolutely sure it is he.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=baker-003jas

[FatJack]

FWIW, if you blow up "First Guy" a little, he has "Daniels" written on his glove. That said, the only "Daniels" I can find who played in the Braves system within the general time frame is Lee Daniels, and Lee Daniels was African-American. I mean, I know I suck at this, but I don't suck enough to confuse "First Guy" with an African-American. So maybe it was a glove borrowed from Lee Daniels. But "Daniels" is written on the glove in any case. "Last Guy" has something written on his batting glove, but I can't make it out.

[Rainmaker]

Originally Posted by FatJack

FWIW, if you blow up "First Guy" a little, he has "Daniels" written on his glove. That said, the only "Daniels" I can find who played in the Braves system within the general time frame is Lee Daniels, and Lee Daniels was African-American. I mean, I know I suck at this, but I don't suck enough to confuse "First Guy" with an African-American. So maybe it was a glove borrowed from Lee Daniels. But "Daniels" is written on the glove in any case. "Last Guy" has something written on his batting glove, but I can't make it out.

Zooming the "last guy's" batting Glove gave me Raymond N or H, and it turns out he is Raymond (or Ramon) Nunez, Braves prospect from 1992-96. He then went on to play two years in the Cubs chain, then four years in Mexico. This also gives us a better target on some of the others. THANKS

[Cusick]

Post removed as irrelevant. Rainmaker's identification of Nunez above trumped it.

[Rainmaker]

Locked down that Guy Number 4 is Jeff Bock, based on the 1996 Greenville card (which is NOT illustrated in the trading card database). If you look closely, you can even see his little necklace!

[Rainmaker]

Turns out the second guy isn't a minor leaguer at all -- 1994-95 Texas Ranger John Dettmer, who was in Braves camp in 1996 and a member of both the Greenville and RIchmond rosters.
Dettmer was notable in how his pro career starter. In the lower minors in 1992-93, he was a stunning 26-4 over 42 starts with a 2.10 ERA. But his major league debut was a major disaster (0-6 in 11 games, nine starts).

[Cusick]

Catcher Eddie Noyes is shown with the Hutchinson (KS) Salt Packers of 1907. Noyes had a minor league career which stretched from 1905 to 1920. Photo is from the Robert Edwards Auction.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=noyes-001edw

[Pinetarpress]

Charlie Phillips played from 1976 thru 1980 in the Dodgers and Angels organization. He pitched in 150 games (10 GS) going 21-15 with a 4.61 E.R.A and 18 SV in 328 IP. His best season was in 1979 for AA El Paso as he was 10-2 with a 3.04 E.R.A in 32 games with 6 saves.

[Rainmaker]

The above image of Charlie Phillips required some time to ID this week, an Angels minor leaguer, and Anaheim guys have been turning up on a regular basis in the Vault. They seem to have one thing in common: none of the made it to the major leagues or onto a Topps card.

Phillips appeared once before, GV466-468. But it seems like an inordinate amount of them have shown up. Since this minor league thread carries little traffic these days, we'll try to present a comprehensive list of Angels minor league pitchers for the next time ID's are problematic.

In alphabetical order:
Ken Angulo: LHP with Angels 1983-85 (GQ872-873, KD961-962)

Jose Calderon: LHP with Angels 1983 (GY 895-896, HS 814-815)

Tom Chevolek: LHP with Angels 1978-80 (GC 228-229)

Joel Crisler: RHP with Angels 1977-82 (yet to appear, but likely)

Pat Cristelli RHP with Angels 1974-78 (BT 195-196, GN 278-279, GZ 033-034, HX 431-432, KA 573-574).

[Rainmaker]

Continuing to sort out the plethora of Angels minor league pitchers who have confounded the Vault.

Todd Eggertsen, LHP with Angels 1984-88: (KB 053-054)

Rickey Foley, RHP with Angels 1978-82: (not appeared, likely)

Chuck Gibbon, LHP with Angels 1971-76: (KF 197-198)

Tim Kammeyer, RHP with Angels 1981-84: (KF 237-238)

Frank Kenyon, LHP with Angels 1971-75: not appeared yet (likely)
(no photo available)

[Rainmaker]

A lot of the Angels' career minor league pitchers have shown up and continue to appear in the current run of "K" Folders. There will be updates aplenty to this list.

Scott Oliver RHP With Angels from 1981-85: (GT 114-115, KF 926-927)

Frank Panick RHP with Angels 1974-77: (KF 199-200)

Carlos Perez RHP with Angels 1975-80: (GC 201-202, KG 669-670)

John Racanelli RHP with Angels 1976-78 (no appearance yet, was first-round pick in 1976)

Thor Skogan (from Norway!) LHP with Angels 1969-73 (HC 048-049, KF 672-673)

[Rainmaker]

Last batch of Angels minor league pitchers. They keep showing up, so these should be good for future IDs.

Dave Steck, RHP with Angels from 1975-79: (no appearance yet, likely)

Don Timberlake RHP with Angels from 1982-86 (KD 680-681)

Rick Young LHP with Angels from 1969-75 (HV 984-985, KA 045-046)

Shane Young LHP with Angels from 1988-89 (HV 982-983, KA 041-042)


FYI: Other recurring Angels minor leaguers include Frankie George, Sam Ashford, Norm Carrasco, Jeff Bertoni, Dave Heath. None are pitchers, but all are already in the Vault.

[Cusick]

My thanks go to Rainmaker for posting all the photos above of Angels career minor leaguers who have appeared, or may appear, in the Topps vault.

This photo is of the one player he mentioned for whom he lacked a photo. The image is from the El Paso (TX) Herald-Post of April 16, 1974. It shows Frank Kenyon in the uniform of the El Paso Diablos.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=kenyon001fra

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

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[Rainmaker]

A prep star from Chattanooga, Alan Carmichael was an 11th-round pick of the Mets in 1982 and hung around their system for six seasons without ever breaking through. Photo is by Steve Moore, aka unclemaxie, who marveled at its existence. He was pretty sure this was taken during an instructional league visit.
His minor league cards have him pictured him with Lynchburg .

[Cusick]

Pitcher Dewey Forry was on the Los Angeles Dodgers spring roster in 1977. He died recently -- I think earlier this month.

After his playing career ended, he became president of the D. J. Forry Company, which specializes in growing fruit for the wholesale market in California.

His photo comes from the 1975 TCMA Waterbury Dodgers card on which he appears.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=forry-001dew

[Pinetarpress]

Forry is one of the players I reached out to thru Linkedin a couple years ago....Sorry to hear about his passing....He had a terrific career outside of baseball

[rlumpkin1@tampabay.rr.com]

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[Cusick]

Pitcher Rich Anderson died recently on May 7, 2017 in Bridgeport, CT. He was born in Bridgeport, and graduated from Trumbull High School, in Trumbull, CT. He attended New Haven College.

Rich Anderson was a non-roster invitee with the 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1977 New York Yankees.

The photo is from the Bridgeport Telegram of Sept. 2, 1968.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=anders007ric