Vicente Romo's glove has #15, but he never wore that numbers. He wore #44 in 1973. The only Padre to wear that number at the time had been Dave Roberts, a left-handed pitcher, so that wasn't his glove. Not clear whose it is, though.
Oscar Gamble wore #23 for the Indians, but his batting glove is #14. That number was worn by teammate Chris Chambliss.
This is the oddest one - Jackie Brown came up with the Senators, and was still with the organization when they moved to Texas. He spent all of 1972 in the minors, but came back to the big leagues for good in July of 1973. Even though he got into 25 games that season with the Rangers, I guess Topps only had old photos of him with the Senators. Brown wore #23 in Washington, and #31 in Texas, but his hat says #24. Most likely it's a number he had either in spring training or in the minors.
It looks like there's an "L H" written after the 15 on Romo's card.
ReplyDeleteOn Jackie Brown's card...could have been someone else's hat too.
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