Equipment: 1987 Topps

 It looks like some teams were starting to get fancier with their equipment. Dennis Leonard's blue glove has his name stitched in in script.

Bob Welch's full name appears to be printed, rather than written, on his glove.

Most teams were still using sharpies though. A couple of OK nicknames. "Maz" . . .

. . . and "Stano".

George Frazier was a midseason acquisition by the Twins, from the Cubs. This is an airbrushed photo from spring training. His glove has the #42. Frazier never wore that number in the major leagues; he was #39 for Chicago and #21 for Minnesota. The Cubs didn't have a #42 in 1986, so I'm not sure what's going on here.

Russ Morman wore #14 when he made his big league debut in 1986, and never wore #20. This is probably Reid Nichols's bat.

A clear contradiction here, Bill Schroeder #21 with bat of #17, Jim Gantner.

Chico Walker wore #29 for the Cubs. 56 might have been his spring training number.

A few interesting items from the traded set. Juan Berenguer wore #40 for both the Giants and the Twins. #12 was Mark Salas. Maybe he needed a hat, grabbed a teammate's that didn't fit well, hence the odd pose.

The knob on Stan Jefferson's bat looks like it originally said 37, and was crossed out to read 50. Jefferson was #32 for the Mets, #22 for the Padres. I'm guessing 50 was his spring training number.

Randy Ready wore #2 for the Brewers, and #5 for the Padres. Looks like he still had his Brewers bat in spring training 1987.