1978 Yankees Tagging

[Eric]

Hey everyone-

Can anybody out there definitively tell me what the tagging on the 1978 Yankees jerseys is supposed to look like.

Is it name and year tag as one strip ONLY, or did they also have name only in the collar and year by the Wilson tag.

Any help would be appreciated.

What if a jersey was recycled from 77 and used in 78?
Thanks,
Eric

[JimCaravello]

Hi Eric - they had both examples in 1978. Some will tell you that if just the name appears in the collar and the year is near the Wilson tag in the tail, that these jerseys were used in the post season. I had a conversation with Dave Mediema about this probably a year to two years ago - and neither of us has any real support for this - but that's the general thought of others in the hobby. If the name and year appear in the collar, then those would be regular season jerseys.

I think these jerseys were recycled and used in spring training or in the minors. I have a 79 Chambliss home that I know for sure was sent to the minors based on very light writing in the collar.

There's also a story that maybe someone can verify that either in 1977 - or 1978, when the Yanks were visiting Kansas City, all the road jerseys were stolen and many of those have made it to market over time. I don't know how true this story is - but it could explain the difference in the tagging ( collar / tail ) if it was in 1978 as more jerseys were needed.

Nonetheless - there are examples of both taggings you have outlined in 1978. I have a home Roy White from 1978 with just his name in the collar and the year in the tail. My Piniella road from 1978 had his name and year in the collar.

Hope this helps. Jim

[JimCaravello]

Eric - forgot to mention that I have seen examples of both home and road jerseys from 1978 with the two variations you have outlined...........

[kingjammy24]

if you look at yankees shirts in the 70s and 80s, you'll notice that throughout the 70's, they had the year (and set?) sewn near the wilson tag in the body. in the 80s, they had the year and name sewn in the collar. somewhere along the line they obviously made a change and i wonder when exactly this was. maybe it was '78? it seems that pre-78, they definitely used the year sewn on a strip tag on the body. post-78, it seems all you can find is the name and year sewn on a strip tag in the collar. '78 seems as if it could be the pivotal year. what exactly happened in '78, i don't know.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9853/sillytm7.jpg

here's a '78 nettles once offered by lelands:

http://www.lelands.com/bid.aspx?auctionid=704&lot=458

"This is an all-original jersey that was ordered for that ‘78 World Series, as the “78 1” in the front tail refers. Jersey was also worn during the ‘79 season, as a removed armband on the sleeve affirms."

if a jersey was recycled, it doesn't seem as if the yankees would've removed any of the original strip tags.

rudy.

[kingjammy24]

this '77 martin has the name and year on a strip tag in the collar.

http://auction.steinersports.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=87634671&prmenbr=55076099&aunbr=87981381


rudy.

[kingjammy24]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/9659/sillyfj6.jpg

is it safe to say that excluding spares, spring training shirts, and stolen jerseys, a textbook typical yankees shirt from '78 should have a name, year, and set on a strip tag in the collar?

rudy.

[kingjammy24]

here is mears' $50k '77 jackson jersey:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9774/sillyee7.jpg

rudy.

[Eric]

if you look at yankees shirts in the 70s and 80s, you'll notice that throughout the 70's, they had the year (and set?) sewn near the wilson tag in the body. in the 80s, they had the year and name sewn in the collar. somewhere along the line they obviously made a change and i wonder when exactly this was. maybe it was '78? it seems that pre-78, they definitely used the year sewn on a strip tag on the body. post-78, it seems all you can find is the name and year sewn on a strip tag in the collar. '78 seems as if it could be the pivotal year. what exactly happened in '78, i don't know.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9853/sillytm7.jpg

here's a '78 nettles once offered by lelands:

http://www.lelands.com/bid.aspx?auctionid=704&lot=458

"This is an all-original jersey that was ordered for that ‘78 World Series, as the “78 1” in the front tail refers. Jersey was also worn during the ‘79 season, as a removed armband on the sleeve affirms."

if a jersey was recycled, it doesn't seem as if the yankees would've removed any of the original strip tags.

rudy.
What's your opinion on the Nettles tagging? Is that the variation you were talking about?

[thegoodz15]

Mr Eric,

just a follow up on 1978 and the 1979 jersey. mr jim caravello is right. i own thurman munson world series jersey from 1978 and the tagging is his name in the collar and the year and set is by the wilson tag. I have had it in my collection for almost 10 years. i have seen other yankee uniforms just like it also which were used in post season. as for the 1979 munson jersey that is pictured in this thread, i didnt realize there was a picture of it i own that uniform also...lol
scott " thegoodz15"

[Eric]

but just trying to understand how the set number worked for 78- if the year and set tag is by the wilson tag, should it be a set 2 or 3? or could it be any set number- the nettles linked from lelands is set 1?
Thanks
eric