Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

[stevejrogers]

Inspired by the Topps Archives posting of who among the 1986ers can be found on cardboard as Mets, I give you the following quiz when it comes to Met related postseason teams:

First up, Toppless Mets for the 1973 NL Champions *Note, because the stats on the back, and, for the most part, the pictures reflect the prior year, I use the next year's sets for the bulk team set building:

Of the 27 Mets listed on their Postseason Roster (using the NLCS programs from both Riverfront and Shea as sources), only 5, well TECHNICALLY 4, do not have a solo card as a Met in the 1974 Topps set, name them.

Standard 1 guess per player rules.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Willie Mays?

[stevejrogers]

Yup. And that is the technical one since he is prominently swinging away in one of the Postseason/World Series cards.

His last base set card as an active player was in the 1973 set.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Mets only used six pitchers in that series, so the remaining
three are pitchers? Not sure if I just gave a hint or asked for
help haha.

[Frayed Knot]

SteveJRogers wrote: First up, Toppless Mets for the 1973 NL Champions

I refuse to participate in this quiz because I think the idea of putting out pictures of topless Mets is cheap exploitation and I won't be a part of it.
Plus I bet it was all fucking Jeff's idea.






Now if they wanted to put out cards of topless Met wives that'd be a different story.
Hey, in the fight against exploitation, you can't do it all so sometimes you have to pick your battles.

[stevejrogers]

d'Kong76 wrote: Mets only used six pitchers in that series, so the remaining three are pitchers? Not sure if I just gave a hint or asked for help haha.

Well, there are four left, but yes three hurlers.

[stevejrogers]

Mays' '74 Topps apperance:



And Mays' 1973 card:



Nice 1974 Faux Card from DickAllenHOF blog



Another beaut of a faux one

Edited May 1, 2014 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else??

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

The elusive Dave Schneck.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dave Schneck wasn't black!

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else??

That's batboy Greg Cox.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black!

Noooo, I meant the original question!

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent.

[stevejrogers]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question!

Schneck was not on the postseason roster.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent.

The guy on your left-most.

[fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg]

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Is that Ike Hampton on deck in that shot? Or is that a batboy? Or soemone else?? That's batboy Greg Cox.

This is what happens when you immerse yourself in early '70's Mets team pictures.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question!

LOL. Thanks Zvon for whipping out the Cox.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Top row, in between equipment manager Nick Torman and the Kooz.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg]

The guy who wasn't good enough for the 1974 Mets.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm guessing Jim Gosger. Guessing, cause I'm not sure if he was on the post-season roster. I know he didn't have a card in '74. In fact, he's Toppless as a Met altogether, despite playing for the Mets in three different seasons.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Guest

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dave Schneck wasn't black! Noooo, I meant the original question! LOL. Thanks Zvon for whipping out the Cox.

Ha! ( I read in an article yesterday that using HA instead of LOL is wrong because HA supposed to mean it's not as funny as LOL - I don't agree with this. I use HA for the funnier stuff)

batmagadanleadoff wrote: This is what happens when you immerse yourself in early '70's Mets team pictures.

This is true, but in the Butterball thread I named him as Leo Foster, so I still have a bit to learn.

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'm guessing Jim Gosger. Guessing, cause I'm not sure if he was on the post-season roster. I know he didn't have a card in '74. In fact, he's Toppless as a Met altogether, despite playing for the Mets in three different seasons.

Gosger was not on the postseason roster.

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: The Met who set a MLB playoff record for first baseball player to have a chunk of his baseball cap eaten by an opponent. The guy on your left-most. [fimg=433]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTY1WDEzNTg=/z/oQcAAOxyB9RS1vvh/$_57.JPG[/fimg]

Yup. So that is 2 out of 5.

[stevejrogers]

Next quiz, only two of the 26 1969 Postseason Roster Mets were not in the 1970 Topps set as Mets.

[stevejrogers]

Going back to the 1973 squad, some hints on the three left:

One pitcher is well known in Met circles and is in plenty of early 1970s Met sets.

The other pitcher appears in several early 1970s Topps set with another franchise, but not officially as a Met until the 1991 massive All-Time Roster set that was a stadium give away sponsored by The Wiz. No idea whom he is represented as with FaFiF's Jason's Holy Books.

And finally an infielder whom 1973 was his only cup of MLB coffee, and as far as TradingCardDB.com seems to indicate has never been on a trading card.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I cheated, so can't play ... good thread!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October.


*Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco")

[stevejrogers]

Lute Barnes never had a card. Phil Hennigan was on other Topps cards before his Met stint. I'm not sure if they were on the post-season roster, though. In fact, I'd be surprised to learn that they were on the post-season roster. I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October. *Well of course Yogi didn't. (See, e.g., "The George Stone Fiasco")

Nope, and nope.

No idea how this guy rated being on the PS roster sheet, must be because he was on the roster while Buddy or someone was on the DL.

OE: Yup. On roster replacing an injured Met in early Aug.

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I guess Yogi didn't go bench-deep in the post-season.* 'Cause judging by your quiz, there were several active Mets who never got off the bench in October.

17 position players listed, 6 did not play in the NLCS, only two, including the guy I'm looking, for did not see World Series action, and they were both missing from the NLCS playing records (so chances are he really wasn't on the eligible to play roster).

Also of the 10 pitchers 3, oddly enough all three pitchers involved in the quiz, did not see postseason action, with only one of the 7 other pitchers to miss a series, and that was the NLCS.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I know Apodaca has a shared 1974 card-- with the infamous Apadaco error -- and wondered if he made the postseason roster.