Team Set Thread

[gorilla777]

I know a good number here collect specific team sets of jerseys, bats, etc. for a particular era or year and did not see a thread for it (most being team threads). If anyone has team sets to share, please post.
And Tim B. did put together a nice article on this very topic here:
http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=66451

I have completed or nearly completed a few different ones, so thought I would start out with my '77/'78 New York Yankees bat collection. I kept it focused just on the key contributors from that team.

Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Roy White

[gorilla777]

Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Reggie Jackson
Mickey Rivers
Lou Piniella

[seanbaseball]

Great Yankee Bats Ben! My only Team collection is the 2011 Cardinals Jersey set......Still missing a few most notably Pujols. My collection includes anyone that played even one game in 2011 and the TBTC jerseys.

Position players, Matt Holliday TBTC uniform and Kyle Lohse TBTC uniform:

[seanbaseball]

Molina WS Game 3 Road Jersey and Carpenter home WS jersey:

[seanbaseball]

Frucal Game 3 WS Jersey, Adam Wainwright home WS (worn under his jacket per mlb rules since he was hurt and not on the roster)

Lohse Road WS Jersey, Dotel Game 3 WS, Punto Game 6 home WS,
Lynn home WS jersey also worn for his MLB debut, Furcal TBTC, Sanchez TBTC,

[seanbaseball]

Coaching staff and ptchers.......also Ryan Franklin Cardenales jersey and Jon Jay JRD jersey:

[gorilla777]

Great Yankee Bats Ben! My only Team collection is the 2011 Cardinals Jersey set......Still missing a few most notably Pujols. My collection includes anyone that played even one game in 2011 and the TBTC jerseys.

Position players, Matt Holliday TBTC uniform and Kyle Lohse TBTC uniform:

Thanks, Sean

You should be able to get a 2011 Pujols from someone on the forum, right?

[seanbaseball]

Hopefully some here can find me a 2011 Pujols!

[GoCrazyFolks76]

Seanbaseball- that's a pretty sick collection of jerseys!

[dangerzone79]

Here is my 2004 Red Sox team set. Only missing a couple bats. Organized alphabetically.

Bellhorn
Burks
Cabrera
Crespo
Damon
Garciaparra
Kapler
Mientkiewicz
Millar
Millar (Again)
Mirabelli
Mueller
Nixon
Ortiz
Ortiz (Again)
Ramirez
Ramirez (Again)
Roberts
Varitek
Youkilis

[Swoboda4]

dangerzone79- great bats and amazing bat case

[dangerzone79]

dangerzone79- great bats and amazing bat case


Thanks very much!!! And I made the bat cases. If you're interested I make them to order and customize however people want them. If anyone wants more info hit me up at dangerzone79@gmail.com

[gorilla777]

A few more '77-'78 Yankees team items:

Ed Figueroa circa '76-'77 game worn glove

[gorilla777]

Mike Torrez circa '77 game worn glove, has his nickname "Big Bear" on the webbing

[gorilla777]

1978 Ron Guidry coat, was gifted to pitching coach Art Fowler's daughter at Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, a game Guidry pitched a complete game win over the Dodgers to start the comeback.

[ksfarmboy]

Love the Torrez glove and Guidry jacket. Seems 1985 and prior jackets are tough to come by. Great collection Ben, thanks for sharing with us.

[gorilla777]

Love the Torrez glove and Guidry jacket. Seems 1985 and prior jackets are tough to come by. Great collection Ben, thanks for sharing with us.

Thank you

[ksfarmboy]

I collect jerseys of members of the 1979 Orioles team. I don't exclusively pursue 1979 jerseys as this would be quite daunting. It's kind of nice as some of the players overlap the 1970 and 1983 World Series teams.

[ksfarmboy]

A few more jerseys.

[gorilla777]

I collect jerseys of members of the 1979 Orioles team. I don't exclusively pursue 1979 jerseys as this would be quite daunting. It's kind of nice as some of the players overlap the 1970 and 1983 World Series teams.

Nice mix of O's jerseys! It seems like the only ones you see out there for the late 70's/early 80's era are Eddie Murray and an occasional Earl Weaver, right?

Ben

[ksfarmboy]

Thanks Ben. Yeah Palmer jerseys show up fairly often too. The two I see a bunch of are Lee May and Singleton jerseys. Not sure why though.

[seanbaseball]

Been Working on stars from the mid 80s. Fair amount of overlap between the 85 and 87 WS teams and a little from 82'

[TBM]

These are the only items in my collection that I consider even close to a team set. In 2015 the Royals set a team record for players voted as starters in the All-Star game. At the end of the voting four Royals were voted in as starters, including Alex Gordon who would be on the DL and was replaced as a started in the AS game. The others were Lorenzo Cain, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar. Two pitchers also joined the remaining starters. As a bonus Mike Moustakas won the overall final player vote.

In the end there were four Royals position players that got at bats in the 2015 AS game. I have two of the batting helmets that were worn in those at bats. Alcides Escobar went 1-3 with a run scored wearing one of the helmets I have. The other was worn by Mike Moustakas who struck out facing 100 mph fastballs from Aroldis Chapman. For both of these players it was their first AS game appearance. As a bonus these have been signed by the player and are double authenticated, once for game use and once for the autograph.

I have seen Lorenzo Cain's 2015 AS game helmet in the Royals Hall of Fame so I know that helmet is not available to the open market. As for Salvador Perez I have not been able to locate his 2015 AS game helmet. So at this time I am 90% sure I have every 2015 Royals AS game batting helmet that has been on the open market, thus making this as close as possible 2015 Royals ASG batting helmets team set.

[metsbats]

Inspired by the 86 Mets reunion last night so here's my 86 team set.

Group 1 Dykstra, Backman, Hernandez, Strawberry, Carter, Knight,, Wilson, Santana, Gooden
Group 2 Aguilera, Darling, Ojeda, Fernandez, Orosco, McDowell, Myers, Leach, Sisk
Group 3 Anderson, Berenyi, Neimann, Kevin Mitchell,Lyons, Teufel,Corcoran, Maz, Heep
Group 4 Magadan, Gibbons, Hojo, Elster, Jefferson, Hearn,Foster, John Mitchell, 86 Black Bat

[metsbats]

2000 Mets team set

Group 1 Timo Perez, Fonzy, Mike Piazza (2000 WS), Robin Ventura (STUMPY) , Benny Agbayani (99 LCS), Jay Payton, Mike Bordick (2000 WS), Mike Hampton (2000 WS)
Group 2 Al Leiter (2000 WS), Bobby Jones, Rick Reed (NLCS bat), Glendon Rusch, Pat Mahomes, Rich Rodriquez, Turk Wendell, Dennis Cook, Rick White
Group 3 John Franco, Armando Benitez, Darryl Hamilton, Matt Franco, Derek Bell, Lenny Harris, Joe McEwing, Rey Ordonez
Group 4 Vance Wilson, Jorge Velandia, Bubba Trammell regular season (note Tampa Bay Devil Rays blacked out on barrel), Bubba Trammel (2000 WS), Jorge Toca, Eric Camack, Mike Kinkade, Rickey Henderson (99 LCS), Matt Franco (2000 WS), Kurt Abbott (2000 WS)

[metsbats]

2015 Team set ( building in progress)

Group 1 Granderson, Wright, Murphy, Cespedes, Duda, T'Arnaud, Flores, Cuddyer, Colon
Group 2 Clippard, A. Torres, Verrett, Blevins, Meija, Robles, O'Flaherty, C. Torres, Familia
Group 3 Reynolds, Monell, Mayberry Jr., Johnson, Plawecki, Ceciliani, Largares, Campbell, Murphy Mother's Day
Group 4 2015 WS bats - Wright, Murphy, Cespedes, Reynolds, Neiwenhuis, Duda, Johnson

[metsbats]

1988 Team set (only collect post season bats for the 88 team)

[BernBabyBern]

My 3 gamer's from the 96 Yankees.


Bernie
O'Neill
Jeter

[gorilla777]

Really nice stuff, all of you

[nevrdiez34]

The closest thing I have to what I'd call a team set.

Geovany Soto's game used Alternate jersey from Carlos Zambrano's No Hitter versus the Houston Astros on September 14th, 2008. Acquired directly from PCM Sports (Soto's exclusive game used dealer at the time) and MLB Authenticated as Team Issued - Player Collected on September 15th, 2008. Only Zambrano's jersey was authenticated as game used the night of the game.

Miguel Montero's game used Alternate jersey from Jake Arrieta's No-Hitter versus the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 30th, 2015 (MLB Authenticated).

[gorilla777]

Another team I focus on is the 1998 Yankees, putting together a team set. I have a Bernie Williams 1998 World Series worn road jersey and pants...

[gorilla777]

Then for the '98 WS Champs, I just completed the roster of bats for the full team, with all but one being a bat specific to 1998, (that being for a player that played one game that season). It took awhile and was a definite challenge, but well worth it. This is a team that always falls within the top 3, top 5 lists of greatest teams of all time, wining 114 games in the regular season and then going 11 and 2 in the playoffs and World Series.

Ben


Darryl Strawberry
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
Chili Davis

[gorilla777]

Tim Raines
Jorge Posada
Ricky Ledee
Chad Curtis

[gorilla777]

Chuck Knoblauch
Derek Jeter
Tino Martinez
Scott Brosius

[gorilla777]

Chili Davis World Series Used
Shane Spencer
Luis Sojo
Andy Pettitte
Joe Girardi
Dale Sveum
Homer Bush
Mike Figga
Mike Lowell

[Birdbats]

I have a few team sets, but it'll take me a while to get decent photos posted. So, I'll start with this one: the 1926 Cardinals, winners of the franchise's first World Series.

The Hornsby is a retail 125, a placeholder for now. He's followed by outfielder (and future HOF manager) Billy Southworth, third baseman Les Bell, and outfielder Taylor Douthit. The non-contract BELL could be an early Les Bell bat, but I'm attributing it to pitcher Hi Bell (it also could be a Cool Papa Bell, but we'll never know). Below it is another retail placeholder, a Bottomley. Based on my extensive research, the FR bat is likely Flint Rhem, the team's only 20-game winner. It's followed by outfielder Heinie Mueller and a hand-turned blank bat, attributed to outfielder Ray Blades. I bought the Blades bat from his family, along with his 1926 home jersey.

In addition to needing Hornsby and Bottomley gamers, I'm looking for a Tommy Thevenow and a Bob O'Farrell. Also interested in pitchers' bats. Please let me know if you have any leads.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/birdbats/1926%20Cardinals_zps3ocsairh.jpg

[camarokids]

Now up to 15 2009 125th Anniversary Rays Louisville Sluggers!

84755

84756

84757

84758

[seanbaseball]

Started a 2011 WS bat set to go with my jerseys. So far have:
Pujols
Holliday
Punto
Punto used by Jay
Edwin Jackson WS bat
Jaime Garcia
Lance Berkman
Rafael Furcal
Matt Holliday WS helmet

If anyone has any other 2011 bats I need let me know.
Seanb@invcon.com

[soxbats]

2013 Red Sox

[chicagoglen]

First bat set that got me into collecting Game Used.

2005 White Sox World Series Team - All 21 Position players

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg.html)

Also working on the 1983 Division Champion White Sox.

[sox83cubs84]

First bat set that got me into collecting Game Used.

2005 White Sox World Series Team - All 21 Position players

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg.html)

Also working on the 1983 Division Champion White Sox.

So you did finally snare a Geoff Blum, I take it?

Dave Miedema

[41Evans84]

First bat set that got me into collecting Game Used.

2005 White Sox World Series Team - All 21 Position players

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/2005Set.jpg.html)

Also working on the 1983 Division Champion White Sox.


Nice display case! Did you make that yourself? I'm kind of looking for something similar for my 1984 Tigers set.

[41Evans84]

1984 Detroit Tigers set minus Rod Allen.

[chicagoglen]

Thanks for the kind words on the case. I did make it myself, plywood and quarter sawn oak.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1013.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1013.jpg.html)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/PICT0390.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/PICT0390.jpg.html)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1502.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1502.jpg.html)

[BirdsOnBat]

1984 Detroit Tigers set minus Rod Allen.

Very nice. Interesting how all the big names used Worth bats as well.

[tigerdale]

Bryan, awesome! That's the best 1984 set Ive seen!!!

[41Evans84]

Thanks Dale!

[41Evans84]

Thanks for the kind words on the case. I did make it myself, plywood and quarter sawn oak.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1013.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1013.jpg.html)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/PICT0390.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/PICT0390.jpg.html)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/chicagoglen/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1502.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/chicagoglen/media/Game%20Used%20Album/IMG_1502.jpg.html)

What are the dimensions?

[41Evans84]

Very nice. Interesting how all the big names used Worth bats as well.

Yes, interesting story about that. I was at an Evans signing last weekend and he was telling me about how the Louisville quality was horrible--inconsistent weights, handle diameters, breakage--which is why he switched to Worth. There weren't many options back then (LS and ADR, and then Worth) so they were trying anything.

Lou Whitaker made a comment at a signing a few months ago when someone said they didn't know he used Worth--"I used everything especially when it was free!"

[chicagoglen]

So you did finally snare a Geoff Blum, I take it?

Dave Miedema


I did Dave. Hardest White Sox bat in the 21 player set. I believe he ordered 12 or 21 LS White Sox bats.