1989 old timers program

slimies

Have identified most all the autographs in the program but 10 of them . if any could help identify them , I would be most happy . if can identify , please let me know which pic from 1-10 .

ahopkins

Third-to-last is Harry Spilman

slimies

ah thankyou very much . i wish they would write clearer like some of the hockey players..

ahopkins

Second-to-last is Gerald Young

burghman

Looks like second-to-last is Gerald Young and the last one looks like Rafael Ramirez.

slimies

thank you.. i cant tell.. could #44 be hank aaron ?

burghman

I don’t think so - doesn’t look like the PSA samples:

https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/hank-aaron/1

slimies

ok.. i wasn't sure .. hard to figure some of the names out

burghman

Yeah, those are tough. I can make out a Bob and a Bill, but nothing else. Maybe a dumb question, but there’s no roster of players printed in the program? Or maybe the location of the game or the other names you’ve already IDd then some internet sleuthing can get the last few names... Of course, if these guys were just wandering around and not playing then that won’t get you very far.

slimies

no roster in the program . the players range from playing in the 1920's to the 1990's. so far have identified around 49 names.. its just some of these i can't figure out

countdouglas

2nd pic, #31 is Bob Forsch, I believe.

countdouglas

3rd pic, #44 is Danny Darwin, I believe.

slimies

thankyou .. i double checked and they are.. just need to figure out pics 1, 4, 5, 6, 7. am checking out all the ones in the bill pic .. so many bills xd

countdouglas

Osceola was the Astros spring training location and in 1989, #4 for the Astros was future HOFer Craig Biggio, I believe.

countdouglas

He only wore #4 for a short while. Here's his baseball reference page with uniform numbers at the bottom of this screen grab.

countdouglas

This is the 1988 roster, per baseball almanac. He likely went to spring training in 1989 as #4 and switched to #7 sometime after.

burghman

I was thinking Biggio as well, but it doesn’t look like his samples. Maybe it was so early in his career that he was still working on it...

I think you hit the nail on the head - 6 looks like Bill Doran.

slimies

i think bill is bill doran . if can double check his sigs for me. and the other sig is biggio i found some matching on ebay

burghman

5 looks like Ron Washington

countdouglas

Maybe #27 is Glenn Davis? I thought of that after looking at the 88 roster screen grab.

slimies

its glenns sig , just need the 4th from the bottom and ill have em all . jersey 24

mccardguy1

The last photo is Raphael Ramirez....He was a shortstop for the Braves for a few years.

slimies

thankyou.. anyone have an idea who the 4th from the bottom is.. jersey # 24 ?

countdouglas

I believe the last signature that you're looking to identify is Ed Ott, who was a coach for the Astros in 1989. It's a lot of scribble for 5 letters, but I think that is who it is.

slimies

ah thankyou very much.. been going through all the autograph sites i could to find it..as soon as i write all named down ill list everyone in the program that signed

slimies

ok the names have been identified and there are 57 sigs in the program that I know of.. the person sending me the program missed the last page so there may be more.

1. Pete Castiglione played 1947-1954
2. Hal White played 1941-1954
3. Andy Seminick played 1943-1957
4. Will McEnany played 1974-1979
5. Doug Camilli played 1960-1969
6. Ray Burris played 1973-1987
7. Tommy Davis played 1959-1976
8. Danny Ozark Manager 1973-1984
9. Larry Brown played 1963-1974
10. Hal Newhouser played 1939-1955
11. Buster Narum played 1963-1967
12. Bob Buhl played 1953-1967
13. Herb Thomas played 1924-1927
14. Gary Peters played 1959- 1972
15. Tom Shopay played 1967-1977
16. Rick Reichardt played 1964-1974
17. Lee Stange played 1961-1970
18. Bill Nahorodny played 1976-1984
19. Frank Thomas played 1951-1966
20. Bill Stein played 1972-1985
21. Paul Popovich played 1964-1975
22. Frank Smith played 1950-1956
23. Wayne Garrett played 1969-1978
24. Zoilo Versalles played 1959-1971
25. Earl Battey played 1955-1967
26. Bob Kipper played 1985-1992
27. Terry Puhl played 1977-1991
28. Al Oliver played 1968-1985
29. Frank Schnorrbusch Umpire 1957-1970
30. George "shotgun" Shuba played 1948-1955
31. Rick Wise played 1964-1982
32. Rich Folkers played 1970-1977
33. Augie Donatelli Umpire - 1950-1973
34. Virgil Trucks played 1941-1958
35. Paul Pryor Umpire 1961-1981
36. Barney McCosky played 1939-1953
37. Max Lanier played 1938-1953
38. Bill Short played 1960-1969
39. Pedro Ramos played 1955-1970
40. Jim Archer played 1961-1962
41. Joe Ginsberg played 1948-1962
42. Dale Long played 1951-1963
43. Curt Flood played 1956-1971
44. Art Howe played 1974-1985
45. Mickey Vernon played 1939-1960
46. Tom Hume played 1977-1987
47. Harry Spilman played 1978-1989
48. Gerald Young played 1987-1994
49. Rafael Ramirez played 1980-1992
50. Bob Forsch played 1974-1989
51. Danny Darwin played 1978-1998
52. Craig Biggio played 1988-2007
53. Ron Washington played 1977-1989
54. Bill Doran played 1982-1993
55. Glenn Davis played 1984-1993
56. Ed Ott played 1974-1981
57. Joe Coleman played 1942-1955

mccardguy1

You have some great names there. A few hall of famers, a few MVP's and some names that historians of the game would certainly know well. You also have the signature of my cousins Father In Law, Augie Donatelli! Congrats on having a nice item with some great names attached to it!

slimies

thank you very much . I had been eyeing the program for a while and figured Id better grab it up before someone else did. one of my friends had an great uncle who played in the NHL .. Adam Brown..

BLUEJAYWAY

Some great autos. there. Good thing the signers added their jersey numbers. Helped to track down the autos. Some history there with the Flood,Dale Long autos. Long hit 8 HR's in 8 consecutive games. Later equaled by Mattingly and Griffey Jr.

slimies

I know what you mean..I had to get help with at least 10 of the autos.. I've got a ball arriving in the mail and so far only figured out 14 of the autos and i think there are 20 on the ball. ill load in pics of the ball if can help identify
them . so far have identified
1. Charlie Smith
2. Pete Ward
3. Ed Charles
4. Phil Niekro
5. Billy Grabarkewitz
6. Jim Davenport
7. John Montefusco
8. Doug Flynn
9. Rick Wise
10. Jim Hart
11. Earl Williams
12. Don Money
13. Rodney Scott
14. Mike Torrez