Welcome to the final part of the Donruss Names Series, where we look at some of the more interesting names on the back of Donruss baseball cards. This series takes advantage of the fact that from 1981 to 1992, Donruss printed the players full legal name on the back of their cards. If you're new to this series of posts or just want to reminisce, here's what we've covered so far:
Part 1: Famous players who went by their middle name
Part 2: Players who you thought had a nickname, but their nickname was their real name
Part 3: Players with a unique first name (Part 1)
Part 4: Players with a unique first name (Part 2)
Part 5: Players with a unique middle name
Part 6: Players who went by a nickname (Part 1 - 70s/80s)
All of the previous posts in the Donruss Names Series can be accessed by clicking here.
The final installment of the series today will feature players from the 80s/90s era who went by a nickname. I'm using a quiz format again to spice things up a bit, but if you want to skip ahead to the answers, feel free. The questions and answers are repeated below along with the cards that show the info.
Let's dive in!
1) Which three-time all-star slugger had the given first/middle name Charles Theodore?A) Cecil Fielder
Ok, let's see how you did!
A) Cecil Fielder
Thanks for reading the final installment of the Donruss Names Series. As a thank you, I'm happy to announce you've stumbled into a "Pick 3" giveaway!
Anyway, this giveaway is simple. There are three sets of players. Pick one player from each of the groups of names. Enter your names in the comments below. The first 6 people that comment will win and receive a PWE of cards of those three players. I'll try to include some interesting cards if I have them. Also, in the comments, if you want cards of that player from a particular team, you can say so, and I will try to accommodate. No doubling up on names. Once a player is taken by someone, you need to pick someone else in the group.
In subsequent giveaways, players chosen in the previous giveaways will not be available to choose again until some unknown date in the future. (Names with strikethrough below are not available.)
If you win, please provide your name and address via email by accessing my Blogger profile. If I've traded with you or have sent you cards before, you can skip this step.
Remember, pick one player from each group!
HOF - Group 1
Roberto | Alomar | Whitey | Herzog | Cal | Ripken Jr. | ||
Sparky | Anderson | Trevor | Hoffman | Ivan | Rodriguez | ||
Jeff | Bagwell | Reggie | Jackson | ||||
Harold | Baines | Randy | Johnson | Babe | Ruth | ||
Craig | Biggio | Chipper | Jones | Nolan | Ryan | ||
Bert | Blyleven | Mike | Schmidt | ||||
Wade | Boggs | Tony | LaRussa | Tom | Seaver | ||
George | Brett | Lee | Smith | ||||
Steve | Carlton | Greg | Maddux | Ozzie | Smith | ||
Gary | Carter | Edgar | Martinez | John | Smoltz | ||
Andre | Dawson | Bruce | Sutter | ||||
Dennis | Eckersley | Paul | Molitor | Don | Sutton | ||
Carlton | Fisk | Jack | Morris | Frank | Thomas | ||
Tom | Glavine | Eddie | Murray | Jim | Thome | ||
Goose | Gossage | Mike | Mussina | Alan | Trammell | ||
Phil | Niekro | Larry | Walker | ||||
Vladimir | Guerrero | Tony | Perez | Dick | Williams | ||
Tony | Gwynn | Mike | Piazza | Dave | Winfield | ||
Rickey | Henderson | Kirby | Puckett | Robin | Yount | ||
Tim | Raines | ||||||
Jim | Rice |
Grover | Alexander | Reggie | Jackson | |
Fergie | Jenkins | |||
Earl | Averill | Walter | Johnson | |
Ernie | Banks | Chuck | Klein | |
Nap | Lajoie | |||
Jim | Bottomley | Joe | Morgan | |
Rod | Carew | Brooks | Robinson | |
Frank | Robinson | |||
Joe | Cronin | Tris | Speaker | |
Bob | Feller | Willie | Stargell | |
Rollie | Fingers | Bill | Terry | |
Jimmie | Foxx | Honus | Wagner | |
Frankie | Frisch | Paul | Waner | |
Bob | Gibson | Billy | Williams | |
Goose | Goslin | Ted | Williams | |
Lefty | Grove | |||
Gabby | Hartnett | |||
Rogers | Hornsby |
Past Stars - Group 2
Mark | McGwire | Curt | Schilling | |
Kevin | Mitchell | Mike | Scioscia | |
Raul | Mondesi | Gary | Sheffield | |
Dale | Murphy | Ruben | Sierra | |
Graig | Nettles | JT | Snow | |
John | Olerud | Sammy | Sosa | |
Paul | O'Neill | Dave | Stewart | |
Magglio | Ordonez | Darryl | Strawberry | |
Rafael | Palmeiro | Rick | Sutcliffe | |
Dave | Parker | Danny | Tartabull | |
Lance | Parrish | Miguel | Tejada | |
Larry | Parrish | John | Valentin | |
Lou | Piniella | Fernando | Valenzuela | |
Darrell | Porter | Andy | Van Slyke | |
Aramis | Ramirez | Greg | Vaughn | |
Manny | Ramirez | Mo | Vaughn | |
Jeff | Reardon | Robin | Ventura | |
Edgar | Renteria | Omar | Vizquel | |
Kenny | Rogers | Tim | Wakefield | |
Scott | Rolen | Tim | Wallach | |
Bret | Saberhagen | David | Wells | |
Tim | Salmon | Vernon | Wells | |
Deion | Sanders | Lou | Whitaker | |
Benito | Santiago | Frank | White | |
Steve | Sax | Bernie | Williams | |
Matt | Williams | |||
Willie | Wilson | |||
Don | Zimmer |
Current/Recent Stars - Group 3
Jose | Abreu | Robinson | Cano | |
Ronald | Acuna Jr. | Matt | Carpenter | |
Ozzie | Albies | |||
Matt | Chapman | |||
Elvis | Andrus | Willson | Contreras | |
Chris | Archer | Carlos | Correa | |
Nolan | Arenado | Nelson | Cruz | |
Jake | Arrieta | Yu | Darvish | |
Josh | Bell | Khris | Davis | |
Jacob | deGrom | |||
Andrew | Benintendi | Ian | Desmond | |
Josh | Donaldson | |||
Charlie | Blackmon | Jacoby | Ellsbury | |
Michael | Brantley | Freddie | Freeman | |
Joey | Gallo | Kyle | Schwarber |
Paul | Goldschmidt | ||
Didi | Gregorius | Carlos | Santana |
Zach | Greinke | ||
Bryce | Harper | Jean | Segura |
Felix | Hernandez | Luis | Severino |
Jason | Heyward | Andrelton | Simmons |
Aaron | Judge | George | Springer |
Giancarlo | Stanton | ||
Dallas | Keuchel | Trevor | Story |
Stephen | Strasburg | ||
Jon | Lester | Dansby | Swanson |
Francisco | Lindor | ||
Evan | Longoria | Noah | Syndergaard |
Manny | Machado | Masahiro | Tanaka |
Trey | Mancini | Troy | Tulowitzki |
JD | Martinez | Justin | Turner |
Andrew | McCutchen | Trea | Turner |
Yadier | Molina | Justin | Upton |
Matt | Olson | ||
Salvador | Perez | Adam | Wainwright |
Tommy | Pham | Christian | Yelich |
Buster | Posey | ||
David | Price | ||
Jose | Ramirez |
I did a double take when I saw Goose Gossage as an answer, because I knew I had eliminated him...then I saw he appeared as an answer choice twice! Makes sense, I knew he was named Richard.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, looks like I'm in time! I'll go with Tom Seaver, John Olerud, and Jacob de Grom. Thanks! Email coming....
Ha. That Bo one is weird.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Trevor Hoffman, Omar Vizquel - Indians, Nolan Arenado. Please.
Got 'em. Thanks.
DeleteOnly one I knew was Goose and that's just because I knew his name was Richard.
ReplyDeleteCarlton Fisk, Magglio Ordonez, Jose Abreu
Email coming.
I got all but Goose. I don't know how.
ReplyDeleteI'll take Ripken, Salmon, and Acuna, please.
Great! Can you send me your address?
DeleteI love the way DonRuss did this
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I qualify, being outside the USA, but if I do, I'd like Tony Gwynn, Greg Vaughn and Manny Machado.
Sure! Can you send me your address?
DeleteI did not know the story behind a couple of these.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to claim vladimir guerrero, fernando valenzuela, and bryce Harper. Thanks!
Sounds good. Can you send me your address?
DeleteBatting around .500. Missed Storm Davis, Goose, and The Wizard.
ReplyDeleteStorm was a pretty obscure one, though he did play for your A's for a few years.
DeleteDefinitely remember Storm with the A's, but got thrown off by George Earl and that he was also a reliever.
DeleteI got all the odd-numbered questions. .571, slightly better than Charlie Blackmon right now.
ReplyDelete