Monday, September 4, 2023

Vintage equipment: 1976 Topps (Part II)

 Bruce Bochte #22, with bat of #6 (Ellie Rodriguez)


Pepe Frias #38, with bat #30 (Tony Scott)

Mike Sadek #3, with batting glove #21 (Ed Goodson). First one I've come across with one player wearing another's batting glove.
Johnny Wockenfuss #45, with bat #44 Leon Roberts.
Skip Jutze #9, with bat #23 (Enos Cabell)
  

Here's the most interesting one. Jerry DaVanon #16, with bat #3 (coach Hub Kittle?) And, notice his pants compared to Skip Jutze's. No uniform number! I had a hunch of why this might be, and it looks like the facts bear me out. I wondered if he had just joined the team, and sure enough he was called up August 1, when the Astros were visiting the Giants. (The photo is in Candlestick Park). I am guessing that he didn't have his own bats yet, and they didn't have pants with his uniform number ready yet.

 

1 comment:

  1. At least Jerry didn't have to borrow someone else's pants :)

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