Weirdest Sights of a Player in Uniform

[theAmazingMet]

I was looking at a picture of Casey Stengel recently and he was wearing a Brooklyn uniform (it was his original team as a player) which is a rather odd sight when you are used to seeing him in a Yankee or Met Uniform. Babe Ruth in a Brooklyn Dodger and Boston Brave uniform also pops into mind. What other famous players wearing a not commonly associated with jersey do you know of?

[Iron Jaw]

My boyhood Cardinal hero, Ken Boyer, wearing THIS uniform:

[sschirmer]

Doc Gooden in an orange jumpsuit. Though as the years go by, it seems to be getting a bit more common.

[wamby]

I saw a picture of Leo Durocher managing a charity game in 1948 for the PCL. He wore his Brooklyn cap and a uniform that said Los Angeles. A bit of foreshadowing.

[Gamingboy]

I agree with you theAmazingMet, seeing Ruth in a Brooklyn uniform looks weird. When I first saw a picture of him in a Brooklyn uniform I did a double take.

[BoSox Rule]

http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/images/content/cubs/Nomar.jpg

[AG2004]

On April 29, 1913, the entire Cincinnati Reds team wore Chicago White Sox uniforms during an official NL game against the Cubs.

Doc Semmens, who had been responsible for the Reds' luggage on their road trip, accidentally left the trunk containing the team uniforms on a train platform in St. Louis. He didn't realize his mistake until the team arrived in Chicago, and managed to borrow the road outfits of the White Sox for the game.

[Elvis]

Hank Aaron

[Elvis]

Willie Mays

[Elvis]

Reggie Jackson

[Baseball Guru]

http://i1.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/10/16/14_2.JPG

[KHenry14]

Willie Mays
One of the saddest sights ever seen in Baseball was Willie in that uni in CF in the '73 Series playing, or misplaying balls that came to him.

KH14

[Steve Jeltz]

Ryne Sandberg in a Phillies uniform when he first got called up in 1981.
Joe DiMaggio in an Oakland A's uniform as a coach in the late 1960's.
Ted Williams managing in a Senators uniform.

[Tavish]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/expos/gfx/photogallery/images/expos04.jpg


http://media.mnginteractive.com/media/paper36/Wboggs1130.jpg

[Biggtone23]

Yogi Berra as a coach with the Astros in those awful early 1980s uniforms

[efin98]

Andre Dawson in a Red Sox uniform

Casey Stengal in a Boston Bees/Braves uniform

[runningshoes]

Seeing Roger Clemens in a Blue Jays uniform was pretty wierd.

[buckthis]

Piazza in a Marlins uni.

[Yankee Legend]

How bout this one

[sschirmer]

How bout this one


Now that's weird.

[Steve Jeltz]

You could say Carlton looked strange in a Giants and Twins uniform at the end of his career as well.

Wasn't Mike Schmidt a guest instructor at spring training with the Cardinals in 2002?

[moviegeekjan]

http://www.mbtn.net/spahn.jpg
Warren Spahn as a Met

[moviegeekjan]

http://www.kskssports.com/ksks_sports/images_baseball/ted_williams/tw014.jpeg
Senators Curt Flood (on the left) and Ted Williams (on the right)

[wamby]

I don't think it's that weird to see players in different uniforms during the era of free agency.

[yest]

Ty Cobb in a Indians uniform in the game played beetween the american league all stars vs. the indians after Addie Joss's death Cobb forgot his uniform and had to borrow a indians uniform.

[Francoeurstein]

Gary Sheffield

[efin98]

Gary Sheffield

How is that a weird sight? He played for them for parts of six seasons, hardly a weird sight there :rolleyes:

[Steve Jeltz]

Maybe Sheffield in a Brewers uniform at the beginning of his career, but that is a stretch.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Jack Morris in a Cleveland uni, Howard Johnson in a Rockies uni, and this fella right here wearing Dodger blue :ughh

[BoSox Rule]

This has to be the weirdest.
http://www.baseballxxl.de/Stars/mike_piazza04.jpg

[Chisox]

This has to be the weirdest.
http://www.baseballxxl.de/Stars/mike_piazza04.jpg

When Sheffield in a Marlin's uni was posted, that's the guy in that uni that I thought of. How about Andre Dawson in it, though, as well? I honestly don't know how Sheffield in a Marlin's uni can be that wierd? He won a WS with them and until Atlanta, had his best year in '96.

[runningshoes]

How is that a weird sight? He played for them for parts of six seasons, hardly a weird sight there :rolleyes:

I think this whole thread is subjective. What looks odd to another, may not look odd to either of us. I've seen pictures in here that look quite normal to me. Nothing unusal about the uniform on a certain player, but that's what I'm seeing.

I've seen Rickey Henderson in so many uniforms, you could post him in a Girl Guides uniform and I'd say...yeah, so?

[mordeci]

Bob Gibson and Willie Stargell as coaches with the Braves.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

This has to be the weirdest.
http://www.baseballxxl.de/Stars/mike_piazza04.jpg

The first thing I thought: Did he play for the Marlins. But when I checked baseball almanac, I suddenly remembered that, when he was traded to the Marlins by the Dodgers, he thanked the Dodger fans in an advertisement for their support.

But it is a strange sight indeed.

[Steve Jeltz]

Tom Glavine in a Mets uniform. I know he has pitched for the Mets for three years now, but I have always considered him a Brave.

Sparky Anderson, in his only big league season as a player, with the Phillies in 1959.

[Cubsfan97]

Sammy Sosa in a Rangers uniform

Dontrelle Willis in a Cubs minor league uniform

Jose Canseco in a Devil Rays uniform

[Ursa Major]

Perhaps even sadder than Mays going to the Mets -- after all he was just "going home" for a season or two the same way Aaron "went home" to Milwaukee to finish his career -- was Marichal in a Dodger uniform in 1975. A close second is this:
http://s95294420.onlinehome.us/userfiles/cc_100504.jpg
:ughh

[sonderweg]

Eddie Murray in an Angels uniform. In fact, I can't even recall him in that uniform, but the stats say he played there.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Seeing Joe Carter in anything other than a Jays Uni is wierd for me... Considering that he had such a memorable moment in TO.
http://www.skylinepictures.com/Toronto_Joe_Carter_to5_large.jpg

[flash143817]

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/1138/photos/photo-orelhershiser.jpg

[Francoeurstein]

Such a famous cub, in the wrong uniform.

[RedSoxVT92]

A werid one is Dwight Evans in a Baltimore uniform

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/images/e/ed/DwEvansOrioles.JPG

[Tram2Lou]

Tyrus Raymond Cobb in a Philadelphia Athletic's uniform

[Biggtone23]

Here is a few more: DiMaggio as an A, Ruth as a Dodger, Sandberg as a Phillie, Pedro as a Dodger and Goose as a White Sox.

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[Biggtone23]

and a few more Harmon Killebrew with the Royals, Dave Parker with the Blue Jays and Eddie Matthews with the Astros

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[Seattle1]

Randy Johnson as an Expo, Astro, Diamondback, or Yankee.

Ken Griffey, Jr. as a Red.

Alex Rondriguez as a Ranger or a Yankee.

:ughh

Honorable mention:

Jamie Moyer as a Cub, Oriole, Ranger, Cardinal, or Red Sox.

[rugbyfreak]

I agree with you theAmazingMet, seeing Ruth in a Brooklyn uniform looks weird. When I first saw a picture of him in a Brooklyn uniform I did a double take.

Seeing the Babe in ANY uni other than the Yanks is weird, to me. Hard to name a player who is so closely identified with one team as he is to NY, while having made his mark with another team (as Babe did with the Bosox). That eliminates guys like Cobb, Johnson, Mantle, etc., who never played with anyone else, or at least not of consequence. Or, to put it another way, someone who achieved superstar status with two or more teams, but his association with one (and his second, no less) so far overshadowing the others.

Anyway, baseball history is filled with guys donning a strange uni, almost always an aging star just hanging on with anybody who will have him. Baseball card collectors know this particularly well; in fact, I have a section of an album that I call "Uniforms that Don't Fit", dedicated to this scenario. Here are a few handpicked strange and tragic examples:

--Yogi and Spahn, Mets ('65)
--Eddie Mathews, Astros ('67)
--Maris, Cards ('68), weird for me, anyway
--Steve Carlton, Indians (!!!) ('87)--Several other strange clubs in Lefty's endgame; I've always found this one the weirdest.
--Bobby Murcer, Giants ('76), Cubs ('78)--Became a Yankee fan in '69, this was my first hero, NO other uni worked for me. Of course, when they traded him for Bonds, my favorite NLer and someone even an ardent Murcer fan would readily admit was twice the player Bobby was. Yanks made it up to me by getting him back in '80, and he got into a WS, completing that troika of players, along with Roy White and Munson, who endured the bad days and deserved a WS.
--McCovey, Padres ('75)--Did this work for anybody out there? Giants did the typical "We're sorry" late-career pickup. (See next.)
--Seaver, Reds ('79)--Just ask any Met fan. Mets do late-career reacquisition then, in unprecedented PR bungle, lose Seaver AGAIN!!! ('83). Don't ask Met fan about this.
--Ron Santo, White Sox (!) ('75). Huh? is all you can say here. Have a feeling this one played poorly up on the North Side.

But perhaps the weirdesr I ever saw? The year was 1911, I believe, and the AL formed an All-Star team for one game, to play an exhibition against (I believe) Cleveland, with all proceeds going to the widow of Addie Joss, who had recently died. The team shot survives, with Ty Cobb, in the peak of his Tiger power, sitting there in a Cleveland outfit. He had somehow forgotten or lost his own uni and had borrowed one for the game. Imagine that. When I first spied the photo in some book, my eye went right to Cobb, as I usually do. And it was a shock--luckily it was explained, since the editors naturally figured that every fan who saw it would not believe it. That's it, thanks for listening!

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[rugbyfreak]

Seeing Joe Carter in anything other than a Jays Uni is wierd for me... Considering that he had such a memorable moment in TO.
http://www.skylinepictures.com/Toronto_Joe_Carter_to5_large.jpg

Indian fans might disagree with you there.

[Bill Burgess]

Mays in a Mets uniform, on his knees, his arms outstretched, pleading with an ump.

Babe Ruth/Bob Meusel in a New Giants uniform, when they barnstormed with John McGraw in Havana, Cuba.

Bill

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Bill,

The Havana thing was in '20. Haven't found any pictures of that. These are from the '23 benefit game at the Polo Grounds. I got them from the articles you sent me.

[RedSoxVT92]

http://www.mbtn.net/spahn.jpg
Warren Spahn as a Met

Yeah, that or Spahn in a Giants uniform. I couldnt find a picture of him as a Giant though.

[Bill Burgess]

These are just as good. It's the uniform that makes the shot unusual.

Bill

[Elvis]

Off-topic weird

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38795000/jpg/_38795409_jordan_wizards298.jpg

Frank Robinson

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/sports/images/sportmagazine/mg-frank.jpg

[Elvis]

Already posted, but it's a bigger photo:

http://www.ajclay.com/PTC/pictures/408.jpg

[Solair Wright]

http://worldseries.mlb.com/mlb/photo/events/photogallery/firstdayback_gen/7a.jpg

Bobby Bo...as a CARDINAL? I thought that money chaser learned his lesson from the Mets :grouchy

http://members.aol.com/fredscards/91dodgers.jpg

Look at the bottom-right card, and it's "Candid Carter" with the LA Dodgers.

[Sean Casey]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Frank Thomas. I barely recognize him in an A's uniform.

[ivylover]

I saw a picture of Babe Ruth in a NY giants jersey once

[ivylover]

But this has to be the worse thing i have seen
http://www.collectr.com/ebay/bpsantor.jpg

[JohnGelnarFan]

Frank Howard as a Tiger. A Dodger is ok but he will always be "Hondo",The Capitol Punisher,in the Washington D.C. area.

[tadlock11]

http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/archives/randy.jpg

This for real:
http://www.astrosdaily.com/files/gallery/Johnson_Randy_04.jpg

[Food]

Dale Murphy in a Rockies uniform.

Gorman Thomas in an Indians uniform (he looked just fine in Mariner blue).

When Gary Carter joined the Mets, the sight was a bit of a shock.

[Solrac]

How about Greg Maddux in a Dodgers uniform???

[Seattle1]

How about Greg Maddux in a Dodgers uniform???

I have a new one (though I haven't seen it yet): Jamie Moyer in a Phillies uniform.

[Solrac]

Sammy Sosa in a Oriole,White Sox or Ranger uniform
Rafeal Furcal as a Dodger
Bonds as a Pirate
Glaus in a Diamondbacks uniform

[Chisox73]

Here's a link to Ron Santo in a White Sox uniform (http://www.chicagobaseballphotos.com/s/santoron/010.htm) from 1974.

[tommybaseball]

Seaver in a White Sox uni

[tommybaseball]

Here's the one that made me switch from young Met fan to enlightened Yankee fan:

[tommybaseball]

And then this just about galled me:

[Seattle1]

I have a new one (though I haven't seen it yet): Jamie Moyer in a Phillies uniform.

And here he is. Congratulations Jamie Moyer on your first win back in the NL!

[runningshoes]

I have a picture of Babe Ruth in a Giants uniform..I'll take a look for it.

[Solrac]

The White Sox had awful uniforms in 1974!!!!EEGH!!!!

[Chisox73]

The White Sox had awful uniforms in 1974!!!!EEGH!!!!
Those were considered thier best unis of the 70s.:D
I just picked one of those up recently(a Mitchell and Ness Bill Melton #14).That was the uniform of my childhood.:cool:

[W_Marone]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/kenmoney/30528.jpg

Robin Roberts an Oriole??? Should have been a Phillies Lifer.

[1905 Giants]

Ashburn as a Cub:

[1905 Giants]

Christy Mathewson a red

[W_Marone]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/kenmoney/Roger20Maris.jpg

Roger Maris as a Cardinal

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/kenmoney/MM-08PHNIE383.jpg

Phil Niekro as a Yankee

[slaytanicsdmf]

I may be alone here but I would say Wade Boggs as a Devil Ray.