Any Brooklyn Dodgers collectors out there?

[mrmopar]

I have at least one item signed by each player who played a game for LA between 1958-2019, but I also collect Dodger cards signed even if they never made the big club, as well as minor league issues/players.


I wish I had every Dodger card signed, that would be amazing. I have a good start to that for the 50s-80s. Nowhere near complete but may even have a couple full team sets by now. I was just thinking about this the other night. There is one Topps card from the 60s that may or may not even exist in signed form. The player never made the club or MLB, but I would absolutely love to find one signed.

1965 Topps Rookies with Kekich, Valle, Lefebvre and Dennis Daboll. I have Daboll on a MiLB ball, but have never seen or heard of the Topps card signed by him. Be cool if a few existed.

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Mrmopar-when you say you have a complete la run do you mean you have every single Dodgers topps card signed from 1958-2019 or do you mean that you have every single dodger player from 1958-2019 on a signed item? Do you collect only those that made the Dodgers season roster or do you collect also players that have a dodger card issued but never made the team such as a dodger rookie card if someone like a draft pick that never made the big leagues?

[homerunhitter]

That is very cool and quite an accomplishment! Hoe many Dodgers were there that played for the Dodgers from 1958-2019? Is there a list somewhere? Thank you for your help.

[Tom Hufford]

Speaking of the 1955 Dodgers, I am a fourth-cousin, once-removed, of outfielder Bert Hamric. I never met him, but wrote to him a couple of times - before I knew our kinship. His Major League career was very short - two games with the 1955 Dodgers and eight with the 1958 Orioles. If you were going to be a short-time Major Leaguer, I guess the 1955 Dodgers would be a good team to be with!

I asked Tom Lasorda once if he remembered Bert Hamric, and he said "Sure, we roomed together when we were with Montreal. He died way too soon." That somewhat surprised me since Lasorda was very much in the limelight, and Bert had faded into obscurity, but old ballplayers always seem to know about each other.

If anyone has ticket stubs from one or both of Bert's games with the 1955 Dodgers (April 24 against the Giants and April 28 against the Cubs, both at Ebbets Field), I'd be very interested in obtaining - or at least seeing - them.

[doug.goodman]

I don't have a lot of autographs, but I have a few that fit this thread.

On the Stengel page, Manuel Onis played only 1 regular season game in the majors, going 1-1 on April 27, 1935. Frank Lamanske also made his MLB debut that day, throwing two scoreless innings in relief, including a strikeout of Babe Ruth. He made it into another game 4 days later, then called it a career.

Doug

[mrmopar]

I think it somewhere close to 2000. Wiki has a running list and I think I found another on a Dodger related site. Of course, they are all subject to editing to keep them current, but older player selection should be sound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_An...ll-time_roster

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

That is very cool and quite an accomplishment! Hoe many Dodgers were there that played for the Dodgers from 1958-2019? Is there a list somewhere? Thank you for your help.

[homerunhitter]

Thanks Curt
Appreciate your help. Trying to decide if I want to attempt to collect 2000+ different signed Dodgers cards! Seems like a huge task locating all of those autographs!

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Thanks Curt
Appreciate your help. Trying to decide if I want to attempt to collect 2000+ different signed Dodgers cards! Seems like a huge task locating all of those autographs!

A "small task" is way less fun than a "huge task".

[homerunhitter]

Very true Curt! Good point! How long did it take you to get all of them?

[mrmopar]

I obtained most in the last 20 years or so. I was able to find a lot of obscure players with certified cards in the 90s-present sets, a lot of which were cheap. For example, a Danny Ardoin that nobody has ever heard of. He has a certified auto believe it or not!