Cards where you can pinpoint the exact game based on the photo
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Which cards can you pinpoint the exact game and day that the card image was based on.
This Steve Garvey card was mentioned in a previous thread that I replied to, but thought it warranted it's own thread.
From the looks of it, Steve Garvey just homered, thus, about to cross home plate to shake Wed Parker's hand. Looking at Garvey's Statistics from 1972, he homered 9 times, and in only one of those 9 games, Wes Parker batted behind him.
Steve Garvey 1973 Topps #213
Photo and game from July 1st, 1972, via Baseball Reference.
Giants beat Dodgers 8-5
What other examples can you come up with.?
Note: Not looking for the obvious cards like historical moments, the vintage Topps World Series Highlights cards, or All Star Games. Let's stick with pre 1990 for now! 
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Note: There are two games where Eric Davis batted behind Tony Perez when Perez homered. One was a home game, one was away. Given the reds are wearing their away grey jersey (vs. white), this game was on May 21, 1985.
Tony Perez 1986 Topps #85
Photo and game from May 21, 1985, via Baseball Reference.
Reds beat Cubs 5-2
That’s funny. I assumed Davis had been on base and waited for Perez, rather than being on deck.
I'm thinking Super Bowl LIV...Am I close on this one?
Larry Walker stuck out 13 times in his 1989 season. Catcher wearing Dodger Home White Uniform. Walker played in 2 games where he struck out against the Dodgers at home. One was a day game, another a night game. The photo on card clearly is a day game.
Larry Walker 1990 Upper Deck #466 (with Mike Scioscia as Catcher)
Photo and game from Sep 3, 1989, via Baseball Reference.
Expos beat Dodgers 4-0
Kind of, but that's pretty obvious. Looking for examples of more obscure games, where you have to do some investigation to really find out.
That’s kind of rarity in the box score with Sandberg getting some playing time at short and Davey Lopes starting at third.
That's actually a good point...Davis would be holding a bat if he was batting next. However, I double checked all the Reds away games, where Perez scored a run in 1985 and 1984, and didn't find any record of Both of them scoring on a same play (where Davis was before him as a baserunner). So, as of now, I think I'll stick to my current assumption.
White Sox only played 7 games at Oakland in 1981. Assuming Fisk caught the ball, there is only 1 record of a "Foul Poply Out to Catcher" in which Fisk was the Catcher (Mike Heath popped out).
Carlton Fisk 1982 Topps #111
Photo and game from Sep 25, 1981, via Baseball Reference.
Sox beat A's 6-2
Seriously you guys are just Pathetic! Wow, just Wow!
YeeHaw!
Neil!
Very interesting! Here's a cool and very informative video discussing this very topic based on the 1973 Topps baseball set.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Thanks for sharing...wow, that's a lot more detail and research than I would've put in...out of my league.
Clemente did NOT strike out (yet) in this photo
Always felt kind of odd for Topps to feature a Hall of Famer, apparently upset about a strike call, in his "In-Action" card nevertheless! Giants Catcher is Russ Gibson (#18), and there is only 1 game in SF where both Clemente and Russ Gibson played.
However, in this photo, I don't think Clemente Struck Out looking. Baseball Reference will list "Strikeout Looking" for called 3rd strikes. For Clemente, he only had 1 SO in this game, and it did not designate it as "Strikeout Looking", so it appears Clemente is upset about a called Strike 1 or Strike 2, but NOT Strike 3.
Roberto Clemente 1972 Topps #310
Photo and game from Aug 1, 1971, via Baseball Reference.
Giants beat Pirates 11-7
This is a famous example…
Spring training game?
Payne Park in Sarasota?
I'd like to have my driveway filled with those cars in the back ground. Couldn't name
any of them, but they look like keepers!
Next door to a used car lot?
Dimes: 54S, 53P, 50P, 49S, 45D+S, 44S, 43D, 41S, 40D+S, 39D+S, 38D+S, 37D+S, 36S, 35D+S, all 16-34's
Quarters: 52S, 47S, 46S, 40S, 39S, 38S, 37D+S, 36D+S, 35D, 34D, 32D+S
74 Topps: 37,38,46,47,48,138,151,193,210,214,223,241,256,264,268,277,289,316,435,552,570,577,592,602,610,654,655
1997 Finest silver: 115, 135, 139, 145, 310
1995 Ultra Gold Medallion Sets: Golden Prospects, HR Kings, On-Base Leaders, Power Plus, RBI Kings, Rising Stars
I was thinking the same thing!
1988 Score Orel Hershiser has to be from 1987 All-Star game.
Mark McGwire 1985 Topps #401
Photos of most of the Olympic cards from the 1985 Topps set were taken in Cleveland before an exhibition game against "Local All -Stars" on July 20th, 1984
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
All Star Games turn up a lot. Many of those multiplayer cards Fleer featured in the late '80's/early '90's were taken at them. The Pascual card shows him at Comiskey in '83 and the '85 Murphy is clearly at Candlestick, where the ASG had been the year before. The Sandberg in that same set is also from that day.
The '93 Bowman TP is from the May 30, 1992 game at Shea. Terry is arriving at home plate being greeted by Steve Avery and Deion Sanders (who he drove in) and Ron Gant (who was on deck) after hitting a 3 run HR off of David Cone.
I think that whole 72 Clemente thing came up here before, maybe in the '72 set thread. I don't think he's reacting to a call. I believe he's rolling his head to keep his neck muscles loose. I've seen film of him doing that. I think he did it a lot.
I always was curious about what was going on in the background on Glenn Hubbard's 1984 Fleer (#182) card...
https://blog.vintagebreaks.com/the-fun-behind-the-1984-fleer-baseball-glenn-hubbard-snake-card
https://www.mlb.com/news/glenn-hubbard-s-fleer-snake-card-story-revealed
https://www.neonrocketship.com/2019/09/the-snake-and-the-caveman.html
Dimes: 54S, 53P, 50P, 49S, 45D+S, 44S, 43D, 41S, 40D+S, 39D+S, 38D+S, 37D+S, 36S, 35D+S, all 16-34's
Quarters: 52S, 47S, 46S, 40S, 39S, 38S, 37D+S, 36D+S, 35D, 34D, 32D+S
74 Topps: 37,38,46,47,48,138,151,193,210,214,223,241,256,264,268,277,289,316,435,552,570,577,592,602,610,654,655
1997 Finest silver: 115, 135, 139, 145, 310
1995 Ultra Gold Medallion Sets: Golden Prospects, HR Kings, On-Base Leaders, Power Plus, RBI Kings, Rising Stars