Literally hundreds of players do this. The one that always stands out to me was Paul Byrd, who would fill the card with verses and inscriptions such as "God Bless".
Another was Joe Winkelsas who pitched briefly for Atlanta and Milwaukee. His signature eventually became a huge bible verse with only "Wink" written very small underneath. But Wink was easily the most religious ballplayer I've ever met.
Alvin Davis added "PTL" for "Praise the Lord" and Bernie Williams adds "SDG" for "Solo a Dios la gloria" which translates roughly to "Only to God, the Glory." Tony Batista wrote the lengthiest inscription I've ever seen. I couldn't begin to recall it from memory, but he wrote out an entire passage, in Spanish, which took up the entire bottom half of the card.
Other I can recall adding verses, at one time or another, were:
Mark Eichhorn
Micah Owings
Oddibe McDowell
Jerry Gleaton
Bill Sampen (now a minister)
Scott Fletcher
Phil Bradley
I know there are tons more but I cannot immediately recall their names.
Last edited by dgo71; 02-28-2013 at 08:50 PM.
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