Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Alan,

You collect those great 8X10 portrait shots. Start posting some of the players that haven’t received much Oriole love since the thread started. While these are known players I’d like to see some of the pitchers like McNally, Cuellar, Waat, Wilhelm, Miller, Barber, Pallas, Drabowsky, etc.

Mark,

Here you go. A few more 15 minutes of fame guys and some early Dave McNally, Steve Barber and Dick Hall photos for you. More to follow

Mike Dimmel and Dick Drago

Dimmel, Mike 1 - Copy.jpg Drago, Dick 1 - Copy.jpg


Luis Exposito and Dave Gallagher

Exposito, Luis 1 - Copy.jpg Gallagher, Dave 1 - Copy.jpg


Dave McNally

McNally, Dave 1 - Copy.JPG McNally, Dave 3 - Copy.jpg


Steve Barber

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Dick Hall

Hall, Dick 2 - Copy.jpg Hall, Dick 3 - Copy.JPG

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mark,

Here you go. A few more 15 minutes of fame guys and some early Dave McNally, Steve Barber and Dick Hall photos for you. More to follow

Alan,

It’s a great idea to picture all of these since the portrait shots are some of my favorites. Also, even though I mainly collect Brooks I’m an O’s fan at heart and enjoy seeing the players that were on my favorite team.

[Mark70Z]

Day 337 (December 2, 2020 – 337)

Brooks played some minor league ball in 1956 and 1957 for the San Antonio Missions in the Texas League. The team signed baseball is from the 1st year Brooks was on the club.

1956 San Antonio Missions team signed baseball.

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[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 337 (December 2, 2020 – 337)

Brooks played some minor league ball in 1956 and 1957 for the San Antonio Missions in the Texas League. The team signed baseball is from the 1st year Brooks was on the club.

1956 San Antonio Missions team signed baseball.

Mark,

Very nice looking ball. The autographs are strong for a ball that old. I see a couple names on the ball I have photos of, Willy Quintana, Bill Diemer and Chuck Oertel.

Willy Quintana and Bill Diemer

Quintana, Willy 1 - Copy.jpg Diemer, Bill 1 - Copy.jpg

Chuck Oertel

Oertel, Chuck 1 - Copy.jpg


Also seems like a good time to repost the 1956 & 1957 San Antonio Missions programs

1956 San Antonio Missions - Copy.jpg 1957 San Antonio Missions #1 - Copy.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Mark you asked for photos, so here you go.

While I was growing up, 20-game winners were common place for the Orioles. Over the years, eleven pitchers combined for twenty four 20-game winning seasons. This included an incredible run, of 13 years (1968-1980), when the Orioles had at least one 20-game winner each season and 1971 when the Orioles produced four 20-game winners. Steve Barber was the first in 1963 and Mike Boddicker the last in 1984.

Here are team issued pics of all the Orioles 20-Game winners

20-Game Winners (1 season)

Steve Barber and Mike Boddicker

Barber, Steve 6 - Copy.jpg Boddicker, Mike 2 - Copy.jpg

Pat Dobson and Mike Flanagan

Dobson, Pat 3 - Copy.jpg Flanagan, Mike 2 - Copy.jpg

Wayne Garland and Scott McGregor

Garland, Wayne 4 - Copy.jpg McGregor, Scott 1 - Copy.jpg

Steve Stone and Mike Torrez

Stone, Steve 2 - Copy.jpg Torrez, Mike 1 - Copy.jpg


20-Game Winners (4 different seasons)

Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally

Cuellar, Mike 6 - Copy.jpg McNally, Dave 4 - Copy.jpg


20-Game Winner (8 different seasons)

Jim Palmer

Palmer, Jim 8 - Copy.jpg

[Mark70Z]

Day 338 (December 3, 2029 – 338)

An artist Micheal Ricker created a statue of Brooks entitled “The Legend Lives”. The statue is a pewter casting and is about 10” in height. Of course it has Brooks’ Golden Glove as a focal point.

Michael Ricker statue – Brooks Robinson “The Legend Lives”

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(I copied a photo of one on-line. I have this thing packed away somewhere, but couldn’t locate it prior to posting; sorry about that…)

[Mark70Z]

Alan,

Here's the other panels of the Texas League ball just in case an 8X10 photo is in your collection...

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