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Help identifying 1972-73 winter league team players
I'm trying to identify all players from the 1972-73 Puerto Rican winter league stickers that make up Santurce's team photo, which checklists #1-9 in that set. As with many winter leagues, that team included several established or up-and-coming major leaguers.
Using checklist and individual sticker scans from its 1972-73 album, I've accounted for all but three players in the photo. Above it, I've listed individuals with album photos that don't seem to be in the team photo. (The set's team & album photos were from different days.) I can't ID three guys in the team photo, at least based on their individual photo. Anyone know who the unlabeled guy in front and two guys in the middle row are? Here's a larger size, if helpful. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JB7PuVjas...ull_sheet.jpeg
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Not sure exactly what you are asking, but I don't see Ron Cey, Tony Perez, or Orlando Cepeda in this photo.
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The company that made this 1972-73 Puerto Rican winter league sticker set also printed an album to stick them all into. Aside from this team photo, the set includes stickers for individual players, which I used to identify all the guys named so far in red-on-white text. (The original team photo doesn't include any names, that's what I added.) All of the names along the top of my image are guys with individual stickers in the same set who played for Santurce's team and yet don't appear in the team photo. (Agreed, there's no Cey, Perez, and Cepeda in there.) Because winter league teams include so many MLB players, there's a good chance the three not yet ID'd also played for MLB teams and had 1970s Topps cards. Hoping other collectors here will recognize them.
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Actually, if you look closely at Mike Strahler, you'll notice someone peeking out from behind him. That looks to me, like it could be Ron Cey.
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I gotta say, my instant thought with the guy on the far right was Angel (Pepe) Manguel. Could be right, could be wrong. Would have to look at other pics from the time period to see what's what...but that may be a winner.
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...and the other guy standing in that row strikes me as Enos Cabell (pun intended).
(It is crazy how your mind suddenly throws out names that you've never ever thought of in your life.)
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Middle right: Diego Segui fits my eye better than Enos Cabell, if just for the clean shaven face. He's also a member of the Caribbean Baseball HOF and I can find stories about his play for Santurce in the 60s. Updated the photo names: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m8GT_Ci6_...ull_sheet.jpeg Thanks guys! Hope we can get that last one.
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