Newly Discovered Seattle Pilots Photos

markj111

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Seattle-Pilots-forgotten-photos-uncovered-3860654.php#photo-3445917


How many can you name?

MooseDog

2nd pic looks like Lou Piniella
19th pic has to be Gene Brabender. I'd know those big glasses anywhere!
23rd pic Ray Oyler who is also in the pictures with uniform #1 visible.
33-34th pic Diego Segui

Don Mincher was uniform #5.

xbaggypants

#21 is Larry Haney

Griffins

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Griffins

Here's the complete roster with numbers

23 Jack Aker 6-02 190 Right Right 1940-07-13
32, 45 Dick Baney 6-00 185 Right Right 1946-11-01
13 Steve Barber 6-00 200 Left Left 1938-02-22
46 Dick Bates 6-00 190 Right Left 1945-10-07
39 Gary Bell 6-01 198 Right Right 1936-11-17
56 Jim Bouton 6-00 185 Right Right 1939-03-08
32 Gene Brabender 6-05½ 225 Right Right 1941-08-16
27 Bucky Brandon 6-02 200 Right Right 1940-07-08
39 George Brunet 6-01 210 Left Right 1935-06-08
38, 55 Bill Edgerton 6-02 185 Left Left 1941-08-16
14 Miguel Fuentes 6-00 160 Right Right 1946-05-10
25 John Gelnar 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1943-06-25
27 Bob Locker 6-03 200 Right Both 1938-03-15
42 Skip Lockwood 6-00 190 Right Right 1946-08-17
28 Mike Marshall 5-10 180 Right Right 1943-01-15
38 Bob Meyer 6-02 185 Left Right 1939-08-04
35 John Morris 6-01 198 Left Right 1941-08-23
43 John O'Donoghue 6-03 210 Left Right 1939-10-07
33 Marty Pattin 5-11 180 Right Right 1943-04-06
39 Garry Roggenburk 6-06 195 Left Right 1940-04-16
24 Diego Segui 6-00 190 Right Right 1937-08-17
40 Jerry Stephenson 6-02 185 Right Left 1943-10-06
23 Fred Talbot 6-02 195 Right Right 1941-06-28
45, 50 Gary Timberlake 6-02 205 Left Right 1948-08-09
41 Dooley Womack 6-00 170 Right Left 1939-08-25

# Catchers Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
10 Larry Haney 6-02 195 Right Right 1942-11-19
15 Jerry McNertney 6-01 195 Right Right 1936-08-07
17 Jim Pagliaroni 6-04 210 Right Right 1937-12-08
26, 57 Merritt Ranew 5-10 180 Right Left 1938-05-10
30 Freddie Velazquez 6-01 185 Right Right 1937-12-06

# Infielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
30 Ron Clark 5-10 175 Right Right 1943-01-14
10 John Donaldson 5-11 165 Right Left 1943-05-05
18 Gus Gil 5-10 180 Right Right 1939-04-19
34, 54 Greg Goossen 6-01½ 210 Right Right 1945-12-14
21 Tommy Harper 5-10 168 Right Right 1940-10-14
11 John Kennedy 6-00 185 Right Right 1941-05-29
14 Gordy Lund 5-11 170 Right Right 1941-02-23
5 Don Mincher 6-03 213 Right Left 1938-06-24
1 Ray Oyler 5-11 165 Right Right 1938-08-04
9 Rich Rollins 5-10 185 Right Right 1938-04-16
22 Fred Stanley 5-10 167 Right Right 1947-08-13
# Outfielders Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
20 Wayne Comer 5-10 175 Right Right 1944-02-03
12 Tommy Davis 6-02 205 Right Right 1939-03-21
14 Jim Gosger 5-11 185 Left Left 1942-11-06
8 Mike Hegan 6-01 190 Left Left 1942-07-21
36 Steve Hovley 5-10 188 Left Left 1944-12-18
16 Dick Simpson 6-04 176 Right Right 1943-07-28
28 Sandy Valdespino 5-08 170 Left Left 1939-01-14
25 Jose Vidal 6-00 190 Right Right 1940-04-03
12 Danny Walton 6-00 200 Right Right 1947-07-14
19 Steve Whitaker 6-01 187 Right Left 1943-05-07
51 Billy Williams 6-03 195 Right Left 1933-06-13

# Other Positions Height Weight Throws Bats Date Of Birth
26 Mike Ferraro 5-11 175 Right Right 1944-08-18

mcolney1

That background on picture 14 is on a lot of Topps cards. Now let's pound some Buds.

TheDudeAbides

Interesting spring training shots. A good read would be "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton, a member of that "lost" team. It covers his experiences from that year, and flashbacks to his times with the Yankees. A tell all of sorts, that many found controversial.