The Great Research is done

 I have completed my research and reorganization of my Padrographs. 

I went to Baseball Almanac and printed out every Padres roster from 1969-2025.  Then I compared each year to the Padrographs I had on my spread sheets.  2528 players appeared on those rosters, yes some are duplicates.  I then compared the players from each year to see how many signed cards I had from that year.  There were sixteen years where I had everyone from that roster.  The lowest percentage was 67% and that was the 2025 roster.  I have 2340 of the roster spots covered, for 93% total.  

There are a total of 188 players that I don't have signatures of.  There are 144 of those players who don't have any cards.  There are 44 players with Padres cards that I don't have signed.  I will be concentrating on those 44.  If I get those signed I will think about making customs of those players.  I have in hand 27 of the players that I still need and have saved searches for signed cards of the players I need saved on ebay.  

Above are the players I need that have Padres cards.  The strangest one is a Nick Vincent card from 2015 Platinum Series.  It is listed on TCDB but I can't find a listing for it on any other site.  Also Pedro Astacio has a Padres card in a 2005 Upper Deck Team Issued set, which I have most of but not that one.

Then there is this guy.  When I went through my Topps Total and Heritage sets.  I found this Breyvic Valera card.  He is not listed on any roster.  On February 12, 2020 he was chosen by the Padres off of waivers from the Blue Jays and on July 21, 2020 the Blue Jays selected him off waivers from the Padres.  According to Baseball Reference he never played for the Padres or any of their affiliates.  He must have been in Spring Training with the Padres. I haven't decided if I will try to get a signature of him or not.  

I am currently unemployed so I have more time to write.  So pick a number between 1-1378 and I will write a post on the player that occupies that number in the spread sheet.  

Coca Cola and FIFA World Cup

 My drink of choice during the work day is Coca-Cola Zero.  Last week while drinking a bottle I noticed that there was something on the inside of the label.  After doing some investigating I discovered that there are twelve different Panini FIFA stickers.  I have been keeping the stickers, but I don't want them so if anybody does please let me know.

Update

Well it's been awhile since I posted anything.  I have divested of most of my extra cards, I've seen them on some of your blogs.  I have decided to concentrate on fewer collections.  I will highlight some of the in the coming (insert time period), it won't be eons or eras, but may be awhile.  I have picked up a few new and exchanged a few cards for cards I liked better.  The Rick Wise card I got signed in person when I met him at lunch for people in sports in Oregon.   There were players from all sports, umpires, broadcasters and more. I liked the Heath Bell card with the gumballs for a while.  It is a variation of an update card.  Those last two cards scanned like that multiple times.

After scanning all those two cards I picked up three more cards.  

 I found the Gavin Sheets and Brent Rooker cards on eBay.  The Craig Stammen card came in the mail yesterday.  I had made it and sent it to him during Spring Training.  He is the only person that I have two signatures from in Padrographs, one as a player and one as manager.  Both are customs that I made.  

Plus 1=1340

 Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection.  Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the Padres but was traded to the Cubs for Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini.  He is currently ranked 11th among Cubs prospects, played at A+ last year.

In other news I took my 1965 Philadelphia Football set, 1965 Topps football (almost completed set) and 1969 Topps football set to Hoody's Collectibles in Beaverton, OR.  I was able to get a bunch of stuff in trade.  I will be opening it in the next week or so.  I also got some cash.  I am trying to divest myself of stuff.  I got too much for my corner of the house.  My wife is a tailor and says all her stuff fits in two boxes.  I told her she had to quit calling our house and the neighbors houses boxes.  So I get a corner of the laundry room.  

Here is what I picked up in trade.

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Plus 5=1339

Since Bowman Chrome came out I managed to pick up 5 signed cards of prospects.

Ismael Javier-is a 20 year old from the Dominican Republic who was signed as an amateur free agent in 2022. He plays second.

Jhoan De La Cruz is a 17 year old Domician who was signed as a free agent this year. De La Cruz is a shortstop.

Henry Baez is a 22 year old pitcher from the Dominican Republic who was signed as a free agent in 2019.

Kai Roberts is a 20 year old outfielder who was drafted in the seventh round in 2024 from Orem, Utah. His Dad played in the Cardinals system in 1996.

Kale Fountain is a 20 year old third baseman from Nebraska who was drafted in the fifth round in 2024.

That brings me to a total of 1,339 different Padres autographs.

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Custom cards, Series 1, page 6

Phil Mudrock-pitched in one game for the Cubs in 1963, pitching in 1 inning.  He came into the game in the 8th inning in relief and gave up a lead off hit to Jim Davenport and then an RBI double to Willie McCovey.  Both he and Giants pitcher Juan Marichal were called for balks in this game.  He has a career ERA of 9.00 from that one inning.

Kurt Seibert-got 2 AB in 7 games for the Cubs in 1979.  He got no hits but did score 2 runs.  His MLB batting average is .000

Steve Davis-played in 3 games for the Cubs in 1979.  In his first at bat he grounded out but Dave Kingman scored on the play getting Steve's only RBI in his major league career.

Rick James-no not that Rick James, started one game for the Cubs in 1967 and pitched in relief in two others. His start came on the last day of the '67 season and he gave up a home run to Vada Pinson, racking up 7 earned runs and nine hits in 3 innings.

Joe Campbell-was chosen in the Rule 5 draft in 1967 from the Mets.  He missed most of spring training that year because of his obligation to the Marine Corps.  He played in one game against the Braves on May 3, 1967.  After that one game for the Cubs he was returned to the Mets and never returned to the Majors.

Mike Johnson-pitched in 18 games for the Padres in 1974 finishing 10 of them.  His major league ERA is 4.64 in 21.1 innings.  I have made more copies of this card than any other.  Mike works for a pest control company in Arizona and uses them for calling cards.  A couple of years ago he was inducted into his high schools hall of fame and requested extras to hand out.  About every two months he asks for 45 more cards.  I figure that I have printed over 600 copies of this card.  I have a variation of this card signed in my Padrographs collection.  My favorite part of this card is the Gremlin billboard outside Wrigley Field.  

Bob Giggie-pitched in 30 games for the Braves and A's from 1959-1962 but never had a Topps card.  He did have some team issued cards with the Braves. He retired after the 1962 season.

Manny Mota-is best known as a Pirate and Dodger but he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants in 1957.  He made his made his major league debut in April of 1962.  After the '62 season he was traded to the Astros, but before playing for them he was traded to the Pirates.  

Ramon Conde-appeared in 14 games for the White Sox in 1962, getting no hits but did get three walks and an RBI.

The coaches, page 1

 I have filed all my Padrograph coaches card alphabetically by last name, except for the first card.

I sent this 1985 Mothers Cookie card to each of the coachesel individually, always fearing that it was not going to come back, but it did each time.  I don't remember what order I got the signatures in.  Checking on all those coaches I found that Galen Cisco is the only one of them still alive and he is 89 years old.

Darrel Akerfelds-was the Padres bullpen coach from 2001-2012.  The Padres had one of his jerseys in the bullpen after he passed from cancer in 2012. 

Sandy Alomar, Sr.- managed both of his sons in the minor leagues and was the Padres third base coach from 1986-1990.  He coached while both sons were with the Padres.  My sons and I met him after a game in Eugene when he was a roving instructor in the Cubs organization.  

Joe Amalfitano-was a coach for the Padres in 1976-1977.  I got this 1977 Padres schedule card signed through the mail.  He retired from baseball in 2021 just before his 87th birthday. 

Sparky Anderson-coached for the Padres in their first season as a major league team in 1969.  He eventually beat the Padres in their first trip to the World Series in 1984, leading the Tigers to a 4-1 victory.  I bought the cut card and made the card.  I did a terrible job on the photo.

Griffin Benedict-played in the Padres minor league system for two years and then became their bullpen catcher.  He is the son of former major league catcher Bruce Benedict.  Another custom, if you couldn't tell.

Dave Bialas-was a coach for the Padres in 1993.  He is currently managing a short season team for the Yankees in Staten Island.

Jack Bloomfield-was a scout for the Padres from 1969-1973 and then became a coach under John McNamara for the 1974 season.

Tarrick Brock- is a former major league who played for the Cubs in 2000.  He was the Padres first base coach in 2016.  He has been the Pirates first base coach since 2020.

We will know the outcome of the Padres wild card series by Friday.  I hope they get hot tomorrow and Thursday.

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Minus 1

 With this card I only need two more cards for my 1965 set build.  Another Raider and a Jets Rookie card.  Ben Davidson doesn't look like the Ben Davidson I remember.  Looking at his 1966 card he has started to resemble the fierce player I remember.  The Raiders were the first football team I remember rooting for.  Guys like Ray Guy, Daryle Lamonica, Fred Biletnikoff, John Matuzak, Lyle Alzado, Jim Otto and George Blanda.

The only two cards remaining for the set build are Biletnikoff and Namath.  After a few attempts at trying to bid on a few, the prices are way out of my price range.  

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Custom cards, series 1 page 5

Jim Marshall-played in the majors from 1958-1962.  He finished his career in 1962 splitting time between the Mets and Pirates.  He played in 55 games for the Pirates.

Steve Christmas- played 3 games for the Cubs in 1986.  

Tony Balsamo-his only year in the majors was 1962 when he appeared in 18 games for the Cubs.

Hugh Yancy-played for the White Sox every other year starting in 1972 til 1974.  He played in seven games over the years.

Dick Burwell-pitched in 5 games for the Cubs in 1960 and 1961.

Paul Dicken-played in 11 games for the Indians in 1964 and 2 games in 1966.

Mike Sember-played in 3 games for the Cubs in 1977 and 9 games in 1978

Dennis DeBarr-pitched in 13 games for the Jays in 1977 going 0-1

Steve Bowling-in 103 games for the Brewers and Jays inn 1976 and 1977.

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Padrographs, The Managers Page 3

Rod Barajas-managed eight games for the Padres, going 1-7, after the team fired Andy Green at the end of the 2019 season.

Jayce Tingler-managed the Padres in the COVID shortened 2020 season and in 2021. He was 116-106 in his two seasons before he was fired.

Ryan Christensen-managed the Padres for a few games when Bob Melvin had prostate surgery.

Bob Melvin-BoMel managed the Padres in 2022 & 2023 to a 171-153 record.

Mike Shildt-has taken the Padres to the playoffs the last two years.  I am hoping they go further this year than last year.  

All of these are custom cards that I got signed through the mail.  

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Minus 3, Plus 1

With the arrival of these three cards I am down to needing just three more cards for my 1965 Topps football set.  I am down to two Raiders, Ben Davidson and Fred Biletnikoff.  I won the Davidson the other day so it on its way.  The last card I will need and don't anticipate ever getting is the Joe Namath rookie.

I picked up this Michael King card from ebay.  It brings my Padrographs count to 1,334.   Those are each distinct cards and signatures.  I think that Bruce Bochy may be the only duplicate as I have him as manager and player.  

I missed a weeks worth of posts because I was getting a new computer and they had the old one also to get everything off it.

I reached out to Tom over at Angels in Order and he is fine.  He said he thought it was time to pull the plug on the blog.

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No New Cards and a Question

 I didn't pick up any new cards this week, but I did get a $100 ebay gift card for my birthday yesterday, so there will be some new cards soon.

My question is does anyone know what is going on with Tom over at Angels in Order?  When I try to access it it says it has been removed and is not available.  Anyone heard from Tom lately?

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Vacation and customs, page 4

This week my wife and I have been on vacation in Riddle, Oregon.  We are staying in a tiny house of 800 square feet.  Hanging on the wall are some custom cards I made for the owners of their dogs and horses.  

 

Tom Harrison pitched in one game for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965.  He  pitched one inning and has career ERA of 9

Jay Franklin pitched in 3 games for the Padres in 1971 and finished with a career ERA of 6.35

Larry Yount credited with pitching in a MLB without ever facing a batter.  He hurt his elbow during his warmup pitches and was pulled from the game and never returned to the majors.  

John Young played in two games for the Tigers in 1971, he got 2 hits, scored a run and is credited with an RBI.  He finished with a .500 BA

Herb Hutson pitched in 20 games for the Cubs in 1974.  He pitched 28.2 innings and finished with a 3.45 ERA 

Willie Prall went 14.2 innings in the 3 games he pitched in 1975 for the Cubs.  He finished with an ERA of 8.59

Manny Seoane played in 1977 with Philly for 2 games and 7 games for the Cubs in 1978.  He pitched in 14.1 innings for the two teams and finished with a 5.65 ERA.  In 1982 he and another former MLB pitcher were charged with kidnapping and robbing two of the other pitchers cousins.  They each got 7 years of probation after pleading no contest.  The things you find researching for the back of cards.

Herman Segelke pitched in 4.1 innings in 3 games for the Cubbies in 1982.  

Tom Grant appeared in 16 games for the 1983 Cubs.  He had 20 AB and had 3 hits and finished with a .150 BA.

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Padtographs, The Managers page 2

Steve Boros-Boros managed the entire 86 season.  He  managed the A's in 83-84.  He went 74-88 with the Padres in 86 and never managed in the majors again.  This is probably one of the first cards I got signed TTM, since I tried to get the 86 team set signed.

Larry Bowa-managed all of 87 and  46 games into the 88 season.  When he was replaced in 88 the Padres were 16-30, he finished his time with San Diego with a record of 81-127.  I got this card TTM.

Jack McKeon-McKeon was the general manager when he replaced Bowa 46 games into the 88 season.  He managed the team into 1990 but replaced himself with Greg Riddoch during the 1990 season.  His record in San Diego was 193-164.  I got this signed TTM.

Greg Riddoch-managed 82 in 1990, the complete 1991 season and 150 games in 1992. His  record was  200-194. I got this signed TTM.

Jim Riggleman-Jim managed 12 games in '92, the complelete '93 season and 117 games in '94.  He finished his career in San Diego with a record of 112-179.  Another card I got signed TTM.

Bruce Bochy-Boch is the longest tenured Padres manager, managing them for 12 years from 1995-2006.  He will be the second Padres manager inducted into the Hall of Fame.  His record with the Padres was 951-971.  I think I got this signed in person when Boch was a player coach with the Las Vegas Stars.

Bud Black-Bud managed the Padres for 9 years for 2007-2015.

His record with the Padres was 649-713.  I got this signed TTM

Pat Murphy-Murph managed the Padres for 96 games after Bud Black was fired in 2015.  His record with the Padres was 42-54.  This is a custom card I made that I got signed TTM.

Andy Green-Green magaged the Padres from 2016-2019.  He managed all but 8 games in 2019.  His record with the Padres was 274-366.  This is another custom card that I got signed TTM.  

 

Minus One, plus one

I received this Ralph Baker card this past week which takes me down to just needing 8 cards to complete the 1965 Topps Football set.  
 

Tanner Scott pitched last season for the Padres and signed up as a free agent with the Dodgers this season.  That gives me 1,333 Padrographs.

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