Baseball autographs
January 16, 2012 4:35 PM Subscribe
Help me identify autographs on my Montreal Expos baseball probably dating from around 1994.
While looking through boxes of old stuff, I found a Montreal Expos baseball with 8 autographs. I don't even remember having that ball. I used to watch baseball around 1993-1994, so I assume the ball is from around those years.
One signature has "14" in it, so I looked up which player wore #14 between 1990 and 1995. None of the names looked like the autograph.
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While looking through boxes of old stuff, I found a Montreal Expos baseball with 8 autographs. I don't even remember having that ball. I used to watch baseball around 1993-1994, so I assume the ball is from around those years.
One signature has "14" in it, so I looked up which player wore #14 between 1990 and 1995. None of the names looked like the autograph.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
The players who wore #14 for the Expos since 1992 were:
Archi Cianfrocco (1987-91)
Kent Bottenfield (1993)
Derrick White (1993)
nobody (1994)
Jeff Treadaway (1995)
Jeff Juden (1996-97)
Brad Fullmer (1997)
Derrick May (1998)
José Fernandez (1999)
Hideki Irabu (2000-01)
Andres Gallaraga (2002)
nobody (2003)
posted by Gridlock Joe at 5:19 PM on January 16, 2012
Archi Cianfrocco (1987-91)
Kent Bottenfield (1993)
Derrick White (1993)
nobody (1994)
Jeff Treadaway (1995)
Jeff Juden (1996-97)
Brad Fullmer (1997)
Derrick May (1998)
José Fernandez (1999)
Hideki Irabu (2000-01)
Andres Gallaraga (2002)
nobody (2003)
posted by Gridlock Joe at 5:19 PM on January 16, 2012
Image 3, top autograph == Miguel Batista. He played for the Expos in 98, 99 and 2000.
posted by Jacob G at 8:25 PM on January 16, 2012
posted by Jacob G at 8:25 PM on January 16, 2012
Number 1 is Mike Mordecai. Here's the 1998 Expos roster.
posted by Knappster at 8:46 PM on January 16, 2012
posted by Knappster at 8:46 PM on January 16, 2012
Best answer: And, just to complete the set (with two question marks)
Image #1 is Mike Mordecai
Image #2 is Derrick May and Da Rond Stovall
Image #3 is Miguel Batista, Wilton Guerrero*, and Tim Young*
Image #4 is Mike Maddux and Shayne Bennett
*I don't think these are correct, but they're the closest name-wise (not autograph wise)
posted by Jacob G at 8:49 PM on January 16, 2012
Image #1 is Mike Mordecai
Image #2 is Derrick May and Da Rond Stovall
Image #3 is Miguel Batista, Wilton Guerrero*, and Tim Young*
Image #4 is Mike Maddux and Shayne Bennett
*I don't think these are correct, but they're the closest name-wise (not autograph wise)
posted by Jacob G at 8:49 PM on January 16, 2012
Response by poster: Man, you guys are amazing!
To me, the signatures on images 2 and 3 don't really look like Da Rond Stovall and Wilton Guerrero.
posted by kag at 5:28 AM on January 17, 2012
To me, the signatures on images 2 and 3 don't really look like Da Rond Stovall and Wilton Guerrero.
posted by kag at 5:28 AM on January 17, 2012
Response by poster: I'm wondering if it's safe to assume that this ball has been handwritten and not printed with the signatures?
posted by kag at 5:29 AM on January 17, 2012
posted by kag at 5:29 AM on January 17, 2012
Here's another Da Rond Stovall autograph for comparison
posted by Jacob G at 6:20 AM on January 17, 2012
posted by Jacob G at 6:20 AM on January 17, 2012
Response by poster: You are right about Stovall. I looked on Google for Wilton Guerrero, it doesn't seem to match. I'll keep looking.
posted by kag at 7:04 AM on January 17, 2012
posted by kag at 7:04 AM on January 17, 2012
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posted by Gridlock Joe at 5:12 PM on January 16, 2012