Minor League Baseball Players
 

In this thread we will collect and track the 200,000+ players who have appeared in a minor league baseball game. SABR has graciously provided a database with over 500,000 roster listings, so for those interested in particular leagues we can parse out a listing of those players as well.

Thanks to SABR for providing the data that launched this project, and thanks to all who share!

Walt Lerian
 

Starting things off with my favorite player, here is Lerian with the 1922 York Accos, whose roster transferred essentially intact to the 1923 White Roses.

I remember several years back I had a beckett alphabetical price guide. It included minor league cards and the first player listed was Brady Aalbers so I had to find him first. Couldn't find a baseball pic but here he is pictured as a school teacher now in Iowa.

He played in the Reds chain in 1998

okay, so I thought I would pick a starting place and just go with it. So I randomly picked 1985 and I am starting with AAA players from that season who never reached the majors.

Here are the players from the Columbus Clippers
Kelly Faulk, Johnny Hawkins, Tim Knight

...and Scott Patterson, Kelly Scott, Mark Silva

on to the Maine Guides

Jose Calderon, Pat Dempsey, Rich Doyle

Shanie Dugas, Guy Elston, Robin Fuson

Craig Pippin, Tom Rowe

Gus Burgess, Juan Bustabad, Scott Gering

Paul Gnacinski, Tony Herron, Paul Hundhammer

Mitchell Johnson, Kevin Kane, Dave Malpeso

George Mecerod, Mike Mesh, Gary Miller-Jones

Sam Nattile, Juan Pautt, David Clay

Steve Curry, Doc Estes, Inocencio Guerrero, Rich Leggatt, Gary Reiter

Carlos Rios, Miguel Sosa, Tommy Thompson (technically a pic as a minor league coach but he also finished his playing career the same year), Freddy Tiburcio, Bob Tumpane

Leo Vargas, Matt West, Greg Biercevicz, Jose Brito, Ray Corbett

Dave Falcone, Randle Granger, Jerry Johnson, Joe Kucharski, Mike Reddish

Rich Carlucci, Keith Gilliam, Rusty Hamric, Bubba Holland, Dale Holman

Dennis Howard, Jerry Keller, Ken Kinnard, Colin McLaughlin, Derwin McNealy

Tito Nanni, Mark Poole, Tim Rodgers, Mike Davis, Bill Fultz

Marlin McPhail, Steve Aragon, Eric Broersma, Craig Henderson, Stan Holmes

Greg Howe, Jerry Lomastro, Reggie Whittemore

This concludes all players who played in the IL during 1985 who did not reach the majors with 2 exceptions Andre Treadway and John Ackley (Dustin's dad)

with the 1985 International League complete I will continue with the American Association.

Nelson Barrera, Jose Castro, Jim Hickey, Tom Mullen, Ramon Romero

Scott Stranski, Cliff Wherry, Dave Yobs, Darren Burroughs, Orlando Gonzalez

Ramon A. Romero
 

Thanks for all the 1985s, Jay. They're great!

Here's a clearer Ramon A. Romero, pictured with the 1981 Edmonton Trappers.

great find on the Romero thanks

Jose O. Brito
 

Here's another alternate, a color (though smaller) 1985 Charlotee O's photo of Brito.

A few that I am looking for. If anyone has them, I would be greatly appreciative!

Tom 'Goat' Walker
Thomas Walker Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

William Sisler
William Sisler Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

John 'Ed' Hendee
Ed Hendee Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

Sorry! I don't have any of these guys, and haven't been able to track any of them down. I'll keep looking...

Tulsa Oilers
 

I collect Oilers photos as well as Yankees. I'll post all I've got so far today. I'm particularly interested in the 1960-1964 teams and am trying to find scans of this 1960 card set. I'd appreciate any help.

More Tulsa Oilers
 

Spencer Abbott - Manager 1919
Jimmy Burke 1921
Chad Kimsey 1928
Andy Bednar 1932
Tony Malinoski 1932

More Tulsa Oilers
 

Augie Johns 1933
Alex Hooks 1935
Barney Olsen 1940
Eddie Waitkus 1941
Glen 'Rip' Russell 1941

More Tulsa Oilers
 

Glenn Gardner 1942
Hank Schenz 1946
Buddy Lively 1948
Eldred Byerly 1948
Al Unser 1949

More Tulsa Oilers
 

2 of Eddie Knoblauch 1949
Joe Adcock 1949
John Lane 1949
Earl York 1950

Still more Tulsa Oilers
 

Jay Avrea 1950
Jim Blackburn 1950
John Bebber 1950
Rudy Minarcin 1950
Joe Schultz Manager 1952

Still more Tulsa Oilers
 

Ed Bailey 1953
Earl Hunsinger 1957
Ronald Kabbes 1960
Gordon Richardson 1962
Allen Jones 1965

Even more Tulsa Oilers
 

Bob Pfeil 1966
Wayne Granger 1966
Warren Spahn Manager 1968
2 of Jerry Reuss 1969

Even more Tulsa Oilers
 

Ted Simmons 1969
Rich Leon 1975
Satchel Paige Coach 1976
Daffy Dean Coach 1976
Dizzy Dean 1940

Tulsa Oilers Pepsi Cards 1963
 

The next few posts are my full set of these cards from '63.

Pepsi Oilers 2
 

Pepper Martin was a coach

Pepsi Oilers 3
 

The Oilers were a Cardinals AA farm team in the Texas League

Pepsi Oilers 4
 

Grover Resinger was the Manager

Pepsi Oilers 5
 

Even when these were first released I couldn't understand why they would waste cards on batboys. They could have made cards of Bill Bethea, Dick Hughes, Larry Jaster, George Kernek, Coco Laboy, Cal Neeman, Ed Spiezio, Bill Wakefield & Ray Washburn instead.

1960 Tulsa Oilers Team Set
 

Here are the original 18 cards, which until last spring was considered a complete set.

1960 Tulsa Oilers Team Set (late additions)
 

Here are two additional cards cataloged by Bob Lemke in 2011. You can read his blog entry about their discovery here.

Any 30's-40's Appreciated
 

Any 1930's and 40's Minor league players much appreciated-especially one's that never made the Majors (I use Spritze DB-some players have no photo)
Thanks
Gil The Ancient One

1910 Southern Association I
 

Also selecting a random starting point, here are the non-Major Leaguers who played in the Southern Association in 1910. Southern Association teams included:

Atlanta Crackers
Birmingham Barons
Chattanooga Lookouts
Memphis Turtles
Mobile Sea Gulls
Montgomery Climbers
Nashville Volunteers
New Orleans Pelicans

Within my minor league collection there are many players who have the same first and last names. For those players who cannot be differentiated with a middle initial, I include a unique identifier in the image filename and within my posts, for example, 99207fdf (for William McMahon). This is the player's unique SABR ID, and can be seen on the player's Baseball-Reference.com/minors page, directly under the Teams Played For grid.

Players in this first group are:

Louis J. Bauer, George Bittrolff, Charles B. Brooks, Tom Carson & Joseph A. Collins.

1910 Southern Association II
 

Karl Crandall, Fred Dilger, Burleigh Emery, Peter Erloff & Earle Fleharty.

1910 Southern Association III
 

Francis Gribbens, Frank Gygli, Gordon Hickman, Harold Johns & James LaFitte.

1910 Southern Association IV
 

Mike J. Lynch Jr., Art Marcan, Harry Matthews, Clyde McBride & Bernie McCay.