need help with some autographs on a ball with lots of late 60's Reds players

[CJ_56]

I have a baseball my wife picked up for me along with the multiple HOF player autographed ball I mentioned in another thread. This ball has a bunch of autographs from the Cincinnati Reds from the 1960's. None of the players that I can recognize came up during the 70's so I'm sure it was all done back in the late 60's. Some of the autographs are clear and easy to read and they are pretty recognizable players. But some are fairly obscure. I remember a lot about the Reds from that time period but it wasn't until the 70's that I became a serious fan.

I'd like some help with the autographs I don't recognize. I have photos of the entire ball that I will list below the names of the players I know on the ball. Here's the list I have so far and the photo that shows their autograph. I also have an indicator of where the other autographs are.

Photo 1

league stuff
Hal Smith
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Photo 2b

Tommy Helms
(?)
Tony Cloninger
Bob Lee
(?)
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Photo 3

Dave Bristol
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Photo 4
Jay Ritchie
Jim Maloney
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
Woody Woodward
Pete Rose
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Photo 5

Vern Benson
Jim Beauchamp
Ted Abernathy
(?)
Don Pavletich
Pat Corrales
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Photo 6

(?)
George Culver
Lee May
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson

Here are the links to the photos. There are too many to post here and I posted them pretty big so the details show up. If anyone wants I can retake a photo.

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_1.JPG

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_2b.JPG

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_3.JPG

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_4.JPG

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_5.JPG

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Reds_baseball_6.JPG

[egri]

The un identified signature in photo 6 looks like Jim Bragan.

[earlywynnfan]

agreed. when I try to open photo 2 and 5, the links don't work.

[CJ_56]

I think Jim Bragan is right. I was told that by someone else too. He was a coach which is why I couldn't find him listed on a roster I guess.

I'd like to post those photos again but my DSL modem took a dose of lightning today and I'm tethering from my cell right now. It would take all day to upload those photos with my setup. I won't get a new modem for a couple of days. I'll upload again after that and point out that I did it.

BTW I can get those photos to load. My server is kinda hinky about large images I guess. I have had problems but using a different browser has helped. Rebooting the browser I was using helped too. It figures that the 2 photos where I need help are the ones that won't load. That's how my luck goes I guess.

[CJ_56]

I started checking the coaches and found Vern Benson. He's in the #5 image above Jim Beauchamp. I'm getting close to having them all figured out. In image 2 I now have the bottom sig as Gerry Arrigo.

[CJ_56]

I'm thinking Fred Whitfield completes the set. It's a tough one because it's faded badly but I checked his autograph on the net and it is pretty close. I wouldn't bet the farm on it but I believe that's who it is. Here's a photo of that last autograph. I cropped the image down to just this single autograph so I could post it with my phone.

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Fred%20Whitfield.jpg

Here's an image that I doctored using brightness and contrast and color saturation tools. It hasn't been altered to make it look different. It just brings out what is there better.

http://www.a-framevideo.com/Fred%20Whitfield%201.jpg

This one was tough because it was apparently done with a pencil and it has faded badly. This is the last one too BTW.