Any Brooklyn Dodgers collectors out there?

[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!

[homerunhitter]

Very cool! In 20 years I’ll be an old fart!so I better get started on this soon!