sunday morning target dodgers - double dutch and some nice 'staches

another sunday, another sheet of cards from the 1990 target dodger sga set.  here are 13 more brooklyn franchise players with the 14th and 15th cards from the sheet to be shown later on today.

don crow

crow was a backup catcher with a sweet 'stache that played for the dodgers in 4 games during the 1982 season.  he was, like teammates ron cey and tom niedenfuer, a washington state alumni.  in fact, in the last of his four big league games, he caught niedenfuer and came to bat in the same inning as cey.  overall, crow was 0 for 4 as a big leaguer.

bob giallombardo

giallombardo spent just over a month in the big leagues with the 1958 dodgers.  he was 1-1 in his 6 appearances (5 starts) and posted a 3.76 era.  he got his lone major league hit in his final big league at bat - a single off of curt simmons of the phillies.

jose gonzalez

gonzalez was an active dodger when this set was produced, so i don't know why they spelled his name with an 's' instead of a 'z'.  anyway, he was a fairly highly touted prospect when he first came up to the dodgers in 1985 as i recall.  he played for the blue off and on from 1985 through 1989, going back and forth between la and albuquerque, but spent the entire season with the team in 1990.  in july of 1991, after hitting .227 in 379 games as a dodger and going 0 for 28 on the season to that point, he was traded to the pirates for mitch webster.

dutch leonard

during his four seasons with the dodgers (1933-1936), leonard was used by the dodgers primarily as a reliever.  he was 18-23 with a 3.50 era and what would have been 14 saves (including a league leading 8 in 1935) had that been an official stat back then.  as a youngster, i was confused about the dodgers' dutch leonard, not realizing that he was not the same dutch leonard who appeared on a 1979 topps card because of his 0.96 era in 1914.  after leaving the dodgers, leonard became a starter and all-star for the washington senators.

harry mcintire

here's another spelling error, i believe, as baseball reference has his last name spelled 'mcintire'.  either way, this guy was a pitcher for the superbas who lost 20 or more games in 3 of his 5 seasons with the team.  in 1906, his second year with brooklyn, mcintire once threw 10-2/3 innings of no-hit ball against the pirates before allowing a hit and losing the game 1-0.

bob miller

miller was a well-traveled hurler who pitched for the dodgers from 1963 through 1967, leading the league in appearances in 1964 and pitching in both the 1965 and 1966 world series.

wes parker

parker also played on those world series teams with miller, hitting .304 with a triple and a home run against the twins in the dodgers' 1965 victory.  however, parker is better remembered for his defensive prowess. he won gold gloves at first base in each season from 1967 through 1972, his last season in the big leagues and posted a career fielding percentage of .996 as a first baseman.  he was so well regarded as a fielder that he was voted to the rawlings' all-time gold glove team in 2007.

dutch reuther

two players nicknamed 'dutch' on one sheet!  just like the rubes last week!  this dutch (whose last name is spelled differently by baseball reference) pitched for the robins from 1921 through 1924.  he won 21 games for brooklyn in 1922.  he was a career .258 hitter who appeared as a pinch hitter in the 1925 world series although he did not pitch in the series that year, and finished his career as a member of the 1927 yankees.

fred sington

sington played for the dodgers in 1938 and 1939 following four years with the senators.  he hit .358 in 17 games with the blue in 1938 with an ops of 1.115.

harry stovey

stovey finished his storied playing career with a 48 game stint as a member of the 1893 brooklyn grooms.  when he retired, he had 122 home runs to his name, enough to be the all-time leader in that category at the time.  i expected a more elaborate mustache from this man.

dick tracewski

tracewski played in the dodgers' infield from 1962 through 1965, winning two world series rings along the way.  he was traded to the tigers shortly after the 1965 fall classic, and won a third ring with the 1968 detroit team.  tracewski was a long time tiger coach, and even managed the team for a couple of games between les moss and sparky anderson in 1979.

stan wall

wall was a member of the team of my youth, pitching for the dodgers in 1977 (and the two previous seasons as well).  you can read more about him here, after you enjoy that tremendous mustache.

ricky wright

another fine mustache!  wright debuted as a reliever for the dodgers in 1982, but his second appearance a few days later came as a starter.  he was the winning pitcher in that game thanks to a strong 6 innings against the reds.  he helped his own cause with an rbi double, and was further aided by a three-run home run off the bat of steve garvey.  in 1983, wright was one of the pieces (dave stewart was the other) that was sent to the rangers in exchange for rick honeycutt.

the topps dodgers autograph project - the rest of the 1960's

here we are with the third installment of my topps dodger autograph project summary.  to quickly recap, the lost collector posted a while back about his topps yankee autograph project in which he was able to get at least one card from every topps flagship issue since 1951 signed through the mail by a yankee, free of charge.  i have had to purchase three cards (see the list below), but have otherwise done the same for the dodgers.  

this post covers the last of the cards that came into being before my time - literally.

dick tracewski, 1965

i posted about my successes with tracewski recently.  other 1965 topps cards that i have had signed by dodger players include tommy davis (with fee), frank howard (with fee), john kennedy, joe moeller, and nate oliver.

john kennedy, 1966

you can read about my successes with jek here.  i have also received signed 1966 topps dodger cards through the mail from jim lefebvre (with fee), and jeff torborg.

phil regan, 1967

it took a couple of tries, but i was eventually successful in coaxing regan to sign and return two of my cards.  he also signed a 1968 topps card for me

but don't worry, i have another 1968 card to show as the entry in the project so as to not double up on any player.  regan was 22-10 in his 2+ years with the dodgers, including a 14-1 season in 1966.  he was traded to the cubs during the 1968 season, and wound up leading the national league in saves that year. aside from regan, i have received signed copies of 1967 topps cards from the following dodgers: willie davis (with fee), jim hickman, tom hutton, gene michaels, joe moeller, ron perranoski, and dick schofield.

jim campanis, 1968

the son of trader al signed for me back in 2009.  i posted about it here.  other 1968 topps dodgers to sign and return their cards to me are jack billingham and jim fairey, al ferrara (with fee), nate oliver, and jeff torborg.  i also have a team card signed by walter alston that i purchased somewhere along the way.

jeff torborg, 1969

as i mentioned above, i have had previous success with the former dodger catcher and big league manager.  the 1969 card that he signed from me came from a ttm success that i never got around to posting.  there are a couple of other cards that he signed for me that have yet to see the light of the blog which is too bad, as i like his signature and the fact that he personalized the cards.  other dodgers who have signed their 1969 topps cards through the mail for me include joe moeller, claude osteen, ted savage, bart shirley, and bill sudakis (with fee).

here's a running list of the cards and players that i have showcased in the topps dodgers autograph project so far:

1951 topps - preacher roe (purchased)

1952 topps - rocky bridges

1953 topps - bobby morgan

1954 topps - billy herman (purchased)

1955 topps - don zimmer (purchased)

1956 topps - randy jackson

1957 topps - carl erskine

1958 topps - joe pignatano

1959 topps - fred kipp

1960 topps - chuck essegian

1961 topps - bob aspromonte

1962 topps - norm sherry

1963 topps - ed roebuck

1964 topps - ken mcmullen

1965 topps - dick tracewski

1966 topps - john kennedy

1967 topps - phil regan

1968 topps - jim campanis

1969 topps - jeff torborg

i see you dick tracewski!

i'm trying to get back to a more regular routine as far as posting over at timeless teams goes.  it was tough writing about the orioles of the late 60's and early 70's multiple times.  now, however, we are getting ready to see some of the teams that i am more familiar with, and that, along with my self-motivated self, should result in more frequent posting.  say once a week?

yesterday i posted the cards featuring the 1972 detroit tigers.  those cards included this one of jim northrup with a lurker in the background.

i was hoping that the lurker would help me determine whether the northrup photo was from a certain year (it was taken no earlier than 1972 because of the uniform he is wearing).  anyway, the lurker turned out to be former tigers third base coach dick tracewski.  and, he was no help as he started coaching in detroit in 1972 and stayed there for 24 years.

tracewski split his 8-year playing career pretty evenly between the dodgers and tigers.  he played in 303 games for the dodgers from 1962 through 1965, and 311 games for detroit from 1966 through 1969.  he appeared in three world series (1963, 1965, and 1968) and won rings in each of them.

he has two cards that feature him as a dodger - 1964 and 1965 - and he was kind enough to sign one

of each through the mail for me a few months ago

although i don't own a copy of his 1966 card, i appreciate that his last card as a dodger and his first card as a tiger are so similar.  i also appreciate that tracewski's 1964 card has a couple of lurkers of its own - say hello to coach pete reiser (number 27)!

thanks dick!

oh - by the way.  there will be a contest regarding the timeless teams blog here in a couple of weeks.  just an fyi.