Jersey experts? Help with maybe (?) Joe Torre Mets

[Jim65]

There are a lot of these jerseys out there, I believe they all originally came from the Mets and were purchased by Ballpark Heroes directly from the Mets so they are team issued. They are currently selling a #27 on Ebay right now.

This part is just my opinion as a 30 year Mets game used collector. Every jersey I have seen like this is tagged as 1981, 1981 was the first year the Mets wore blue batting practice jerseys, I believe the Mets might have ordered these gray jerseys to be worn on the road during batting practice or possibly spring training but ultimately decided against it and these were recycled to be worn in the minor leagues. IMO, what you have isn't a Joe Torre game jersey, sorry.

A legitimate 1981 Mets game jersey would be tagged with a Set # and jersey number, like this.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Jim65

There are a lot of these jerseys out there, I believe they all originally came from the Mets and were purchased by Ballpark Heroes directly from the Mets so they are team issued. They are currently selling a #27 on Ebay right now.

This part is just my opinion as a 30 year Mets game used collector. Every jersey I have seen like this is tagged as 1981, 1981 was the first year the Mets wore blue batting practice jerseys, I believe the Mets might have ordered these gray jerseys to be worn on the road during batting practice or possibly spring training but ultimately decided against it and these were recycled to be worn in the minor leagues. IMO, what you have isn't a Joe Torre game jersey, sorry.

A legitimate 1981 Mets game jersey would be tagged with a Set # and jersey number, like this.

Great info.

[JoeDfan]

Thanks everyone!
Legit Mets team issue with Torre's number will still look awesome on my wall next to my Torre Yankees jerseys.

Although, that photo from the first reply looks mighty close...

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

Thanks everyone!
Legit Mets team issue with Torre's number will still look awesome on my wall next to my Torre Yankees jerseys.

Although, that photo from the first reply looks mighty close...

Its a great looking jersey and judging by the condition of the Rawlings label and the lettering, it looks like it was used multiple seasons.

[Snapolit1]

I'm thinking Gregg Jeffries and not Joe Torre.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I'm thinking Gregg Jeffries and not Joe Torre.

Not Gregg Jeffries for sure, he was not a Met till 87 and those uniforms are not even close to the same.

[Cliff Bowman]

Mets #9 players between Torre and Jefferies, Bruce Bochy 1982, Mark Bradley 1983, Jerry Martin 1984, Ronn Reynolds 1985.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Mets #9 players between Torre and Jefferies, Bruce Bochy 1982, Mark Bradley 1983, Jerry Martin 1984, Ronn Reynolds 1985.

They changed the road jerseys in 82 and home jerseys in 83 to have stripes from the collar to the end of the sleeve. So all those guys are ruled out.

It looks same/similar to the 78-81 road uniform. I believe names were added in 79 to home and away jerseys. Would the manager have a BP jersey? Also not sure if the manager would have his name on the back of the jersey.

I could not find many pics of Torre as a manager and none from the back. The ones I did find did not match the jersey posted by Sean, there was a slight difference in the #9.