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Merkle923 · 01-10-2016, 06:55 PM

Well, this is enough to drive you right out of your gourd, as they used to say.

Aubrey Gatewood pitched just 68 major league games over parts of four seasons and he's a rare fish, if not a white whale, in at least four different uniforms. Three of these are: the team that originally signed him (Detroit), the team he pitched most of his big league games with (the California - as opposed to the Los Angeles - Angels), and the team he finished up with in a three-game stint (Atlanta). There's a black and white wire photo of him in a fielding play with the Braves, and a J.W. Morey color portrait of him with Richmond which adept photoshoppers can alter easily to an Atlanta cap.

The fourth troublesome team is the Mets, with whom Gatewood spent most of Spring Training 1962 before being returned to the Angels. I've seen at least one and maybe two black and white portraits of him in a New York uniform, but never anything in color - until a negative packet with his name on it and dated March 1962 turned up in 'the' collection.

And this was what was inside: not just an action photo, but an image of him covering the plate on a throw after a wild pitch, with his back to the camera. So - color of Aubrey Gatewood with the Mets which is pretty much of no use to anybody, unless you're a play-at-the-plate collector (I knew one of those).

The runner, by the way, is '62 rookie Dick Tracewski of the Dodgers:

01-10-2016, 06:55 PM	#26883
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,206	Aubrey Gatewood 1962 Well, this is enough to drive you right out of your gourd, as they used to say. Aubrey Gatewood pitched just 68 major league games over parts of four seasons and he's a rare fish, if not a white whale, in at least four different uniforms. Three of these are: the team that originally signed him (Detroit), the team he pitched most of his big league games with (the California - as opposed to the Los Angeles - Angels), and the team he finished up with in a three-game stint (Atlanta). There's a black and white wire photo of him in a fielding play with the Braves, and a J.W. Morey color portrait of him with Richmond which adept photoshoppers can alter easily to an Atlanta cap. The fourth troublesome team is the Mets, with whom Gatewood spent most of Spring Training 1962 before being returned to the Angels. I've seen at least one and maybe two black and white portraits of him in a New York uniform, but never anything in color - until a negative packet with his name on it and dated March 1962 turned up in 'the' collection. And this was what was inside: not just an action photo, but an image of him covering the plate on a throw after a wild pitch, with his back to the camera. So - color of Aubrey Gatewood with the Mets which is pretty much of no use to anybody, unless you're a play-at-the-plate collector (I knew one of those). The runner, by the way, is '62 rookie Dick Tracewski of the Dodgers: Last edited by Merkle923; 08-03-2017 at 12:23 AM.