Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

There were by my count Five Other players
who played in the four-year period of 1953 to 1956 who
played briefly for the Phillies, and who never played for any other MLB team.
Baseball cards were never issued for the players in this other group. If photo collectors would like to post photos to help me complete this theme then here are the other one and two year wonders:
Position Players: Jim Command (1954-1955); Jim Westlake (1955); Fred Van Dusen (1955), and John Easton (1955, 1959) plus pitcher Angelo Lipetri (1956, 1958).

Here's my colorization of Jim Command for his tribute card (Jim passed in 2014). The original B&W was posted by tnfoto here.

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

There were by my count Five Other players
who played in the four-year period of 1953 to 1956 who
played briefly for the Phillies, and who never played for any other MLB team.
Baseball cards were never issued for the players in this other group. If photo collectors would like to post photos to help me complete this theme then here are the other one and two year wonders:
Position Players: Jim Command (1954-1955); Jim Westlake (1955); Fred Van Dusen (1955), and John Easton (1955, 1959) plus pitcher Angelo Lipetri (1956, 1958).

Jim Westlake has two cards that I am aware of (neither from his playing days)--the Fritsch One Year Winners card and a card of 1950 San Francisco Seals (issued in 2015). I do like those Seals cards. In particular the Westlake could probably be turned into a Phillies image without too much difficulty. Both cards can be found on eBay. There are a number of smaller Westlake images on site.

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

There were by my count Five Other players
who played in the four-year period of 1953 to 1956 who
played briefly for the Phillies, and who never played for any other MLB team.
Baseball cards were never issued for the players in this other group. If photo collectors would like to post photos to help me complete this theme then here are the other one and two year wonders:
Position Players: Jim Command (1954-1955); Jim Westlake (1955); Fred Van Dusen (1955), and John Easton (1955, 1959) plus pitcher Angelo Lipetri (1956, 1958).

An excellent image of Fred Van Dusen was posted by bearman14 here.

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

There were by my count Five Other players
who played in the four-year period of 1953 to 1956 who
played briefly for the Phillies, and who never played for any other MLB team.
Baseball cards were never issued for the players in this other group. If photo collectors would like to post photos to help me complete this theme then here are the other one and two year wonders:
Position Players: Jim Command (1954-1955); Jim Westlake (1955); Fred Van Dusen (1955), and John Easton (1955, 1959) plus pitcher Angelo Lipetri (1956, 1958).

tnfoto has posted what may be the best John Easton we have--at least in terms of seeing his face--here.

However, a quickie search at eBay turned up the watermarked image below which is a current offering from bigtoephotos and not overly expensive. Certainly a sharper image (though the face has heavy shadows).

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

There were by my count Five Other players
who played in the four-year period of 1953 to 1956 who
played briefly for the Phillies, and who never played for any other MLB team.
Baseball cards were never issued for the players in this other group. If photo collectors would like to post photos to help me complete this theme then here are the other one and two year wonders:
Position Players: Jim Command (1954-1955); Jim Westlake (1955); Fred Van Dusen (1955), and John Easton (1955, 1959) plus pitcher Angelo Lipetri (1956, 1958).

This very excellent image of Mr. LiPetri has been posted here several times, so I shan't post it again, but you can find tnfoto's post of it here.

[BklynJace]

I'm probably in the minority in having hoped for Bernard in his full tonsorial splendor. The only shots of him I know like that are the B&W shot from his shared rookie card, Merkle's autograph shot (thanks!) and an underwhelming Wrigley shot. Ah well, will wait for another spin of the TV wheel -- that's part of the fun, after all.

[Pinetarpress]

This is Ricky Jones who played in 16 games for the 1986 Orioles as a September callup

[baseball-birthdays.com]

Originally Posted by FatJack

tnfoto has posted what may be the best John Easton we have--at least in terms of seeing his face--here.

However, a quickie search at eBay turned up the watermarked image below which is a current offering from bigtoephotos and not overly expensive. Certainly a sharper image (though the face has heavy shadows).

I just bought a number of prints from bigtoephotos - he has some interesting stuff, his prices are dirt cheap, and he ships promptly. However, the actual prints range from somewhat darker to a whole lot darker than the images in the ebay listings - he also has a tendency to crop to the top of the cap when scaling the images for printing.

[baseball-birthdays.com]

Eddie Morgan, 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers. The image is sampled from a recently purchased print and fills a slot on the UIN list.

[baseball-birthdays.com]

Paul Erickson, 1948 Philadelphia Phillies. The image is sampled from a recently purchased print and fills a slot on the UIN list.

[Rainmaker]

Lord knows I've been wrong too many times to be very confident in my perceptions, but might the Oriole in KC177-178 career minor league Larry (Don't Call Me Chipper) Jones, who spent 1979-81 with their AAA Rochester club.

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by Rainmaker

Lord knows I've been wrong too many times to be very confident in my perceptions, but might the Oriole in KC177-178 career minor league Larry (Don't Call Me Chipper) Jones, who spent 1979-81 with their AAA Rochester club.

Not intended as a dig on anyone, but Pinetarpress had identified Larry Jones in the minor league thread about the same time he posted Ricky Jones in this thread.

[FatJack]

Hal Hudson, who hurled a handful of innings for the Browns and White Sox in the 50s, passed away on July 8. He was 89.

Hal "Lefty" Hudson was signed by the Browns as a 17 year old in 1944. He started out as a flame thrower--more a thrower than pitcher--and suffered from wildness as a result. In his first two pro seasons, he struck out a ton, but walked just as many, and he had, well, ahem, let's just say he had impressive hit batter and wild pitch totals.

As he rose through the system, Hal learned to throw less and pitch more. His strikeout numbers dropped, but at least he stopped hitting batters. Nonetheless, he also started posting winning records. After going 16-5 with a 3.09 ERA for Toronto in 1951, the Browns decided maybe Hal was ready.

Hal broke camp with the Browns in 1952. What made that the highlight of his pro career was sharing the bullpen with Satchel Paige. Things were less fun for Hal on the field. He appeared in 3 games and got lit up pretty good. When cutdown day arrived in May, he was sent back to Toronto. Once again, he pitched well for the Maple Leafs, going 11-8 with a 3.66 ERA. He even posted a career best WHIP of 1.277.

The White Sox were looking for some bullpen help and picked up Hal in a waiver deal and he made two September appearances in '52 and one more in September '53. In January of 1954, the AAA Buffalo Bisons purchased Hal's contract from Chicago. He would go 6 - 14 with an ERA near 5. That December, the AA San Antonio Missions bought Hal's contract from Buffalo. Maybe you've noticed that Hal seems to be moving in the wrong direction, here. It gets worse. Though I couldn't find out what the deal was, exactly, Hal was placed on the inactive list in May, with the club saying he would either be sold or traded. If I had to guess, I'd say he had probably refused an assignment to Single-A Wichita. Because, come July, that's where he was. Both clubs were affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles (who had, not so long before, been the St. Louis Browns).

For 1956, Hal signed again with San Antonio (now being managed by future Pilots skipper Joe Schultz), but he didn't make the squad. That left Hal, still just 29, out of pro ball completely. Not ready to throw in the towel just yet, he hitched his star to the Plymouth (TX) Oilers, a semi-pro team. After going 7 - 1 with the Oilers, Hal figured he was ready for a comeback. And where better than the team with whom he'd enjoyed his greatest success--Toronto. So he contacted the Leafs who figured what the heck and they bought Hal's rights from Baltimore for cheap.

If nothing else, Hal got to do something he hadn't done before while he was in camp with Toronto. On April 6, 1957, the Leafs were playing Montreal in an exhibition contest. The Leafs pitcher, Don Johnson, got into a shouting match with the home plate umpire, Frank Guzzetta (the same umpire who ejected Cot Deal from a 1959 game in Havana that was, soon after, called when Leo Cardenas and Frank Verdi were shot). Johnson, you see, was, um, concerned about Guzzetta's eyesight (it was said the language was salty enough to embarrass the crews of two Naval destroyers who were on hand for the game). After the exchange, Guzzetta fell ill and could not finish the game. The base umpire took over behind the plate and Hal Hudson (and George Shuba) umpired the bases the rest of the game.

Hal didn't make the Toronto team, though, and was farmed out to AA Birmingham. After 4 games, he decided he'd had enough and ended his pro comeback.

The epilog is that Hal wasn't ready to quit the game--just the pros. He pitched the rest of the year with an amateur team, the Faribualt Lakers. He was the top pitcher in the league that year, finishing with a 9 - 2 record.

There aren't a ton of Hal Hudson images out there, but there are several. For my tribute card, I really wanted to do Browns. I love the orphan teams and I have fewer Browns cards than Pilots, Colts, Senators or Expos. I wasn't even born yet when the Browns ceased to be. And the best of the Browns Hudson images has to be the one tnfoto has posted here. So picture 1 is my colorization. Picture 2 is a postcard of Hal with Toronto in 1952, just so I'm adding a image that doesn't already reside here.

[brobby05]

Originally Posted by Merkle923

Long time White Sox catcher, seldom seen with the Red Sox in his stint there as Carlton Fisk's backup and mentor. Retired prematurely due to heart trouble.

Today's Topps uploads (KC) 141-144 Ken Berry; 145-146 Vern Benson; 146-148 Dennis Bennett; 149-152 Dave Bergman; 153-154 Lou Berberet; 155-156 Juan Bernhardt; 157-158 Dwight Bernard; 159-160 Duane Josephson; 161-162 Mike Jorgensen; 163-164 Ricky Jones; 165-166 Rick Jones; 167-168 Odell Jones; 169-170 Mike Jones; 171-174 Mack Jones; 175-176 Lynn Jones; 177-178 Larry Jones (Baltimore system); 179-180 Dalton Jones.

Thanks a billion for Duane Josephson...boy you don't see him very often as a Bosox!


Thanks again,


BRobby05

[Rainmaker]

Point taken about the Larry Jones ID. Still seems his ID needed to be on this thread somewhere. Great work by everyone; Merkle has certainly carried the water for us.


FYI To tnfoto: Trying to dig up Pegasus needs, I realize that Jesus de la Rosa has been de-Vaulted and is on page 1415 of this thread. One of the very few images needed to fill in the wonderful 75 Frosty Malt custom set.

[Cusick]

Here's an image of Hal Hudson with the White Sox, his other major league team. Though he gave us a miniscule sampling, he performed quite well with the Sox, chalking up a 2.25 ERA in 2 games in 1952 and a 0.00 ERA in 1 game in 1953.

[Merkle923]

25 plate appearances with the '62 and '64 Braves, and later the general manager of the Giants' affiliate in Phoenix and thus involved in the start of Cramer Cards and a lot of the strong photography from the Pacific Coast League in the late '60s.

Wednesday's Topps uploads (KC): 181-182 Bake McBride; 183-184 Kurt Bevacqua; 185-186 Bud Black; 187-188 Tom Bianco; 189-190 John Blanchard; 191-192 Rick Bladt; 193-196 Dick Bertell; 197-198 Reno Bertoia; 199-200 Wade Boggs; 201-204 Tim Blackwell; 205-206 Ethan Blackaby; 207-208 Mike Bishop (Angels system); 209-210 Bob Bishop (Giants system, 1962-69); 211-212 Jim Bibby; 213-214 Norm Bass; 215-218 Bob Barton; 219-220 Dale Berra.

[Cusick]

Merkle has identified Topps Vault photos KC 207 and 208 as Mike Bishop of the Angels' system. The only Mike Bishop I've been able to find in baseball-reference.com is the catcher Mike Bishop, who had a very brief major league career with the NY Mets. He also spent some time with the Angels' minor league affiliates. However, I don't see any facial match between him and the Topps Vault photo KC 208. The two are shown below.

Can anyone help with this? Am I missing something?

[Merkle923]

It's Mike Bishop. This is a 1980 image from the Texas League. The only difference is the 1983 permed hair. Facial expression, mouth, teeth, nose, eyebrows, eyes.

[Merkle923]

Hardly scarce in a Cleveland uniform - but given the five styles in five years ending in 1973, often tough to find in a given one. This is 1970/Home, as offered on eBay FM442 8 Cleveland Indians *MLB Baseball 35mm Slide Negative | eBay