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The Kansas City Royals game used thread
I know that we have several Royals collectors on the board, so I wanted to create a thread for fellow Royals collectors to learn from each other and educate each other. As well as a place for us to share our findings/pickups.
I'll start with my favorite baseball item in my collection. I was able to obtain this from fellow forum member Jerry S. He was kind enough to let me pry this away from his collection. Even though I have had it for a few months, I still have not created a display for it.
George Brett 1992 game used jersey. This road style jersey is my favorite Royals style of jersey ever (Road 1992-94), and it is also of my favorite player ever. My all time grail type baseball jersey would be George Brett's 3,000 hit jersey, but that is in the Royals HOF and I don't think that is going to be in my collection anytime soon. Here is a road jersey worn by Brett in 1992 just prior to his 3,000 hit. George wore this jersey in September of 1992 on road trips to NYY, Bal and Min. George inscribed the hits that he had while wearing this gamer (2,979-2,784, 2,994-2,996). Brett collected hits 2,997-3,000 in one night in a 4 hit game against the Angels. On this jersey there is the Joe Burke "JRB" memorial patch. On Brett's jerseys, he modified the patch to have a "JHB" which I believe was for his father Jack Brett. The jersey is unwashed and has residual pine tar on the left collarbone area and the back right shoulder.
The tagging on the front of the jersey isn't exactly like other 1992 Royals jerseys as they typically show the Year, set #, number, then name. The Intera Tag is on the neck of this Brett jersey. I will post an example of another 1992 gamer next.
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1992 Kevin Appier game used jersey
Perhaps the most underrated pitcher of the early 1990s, Kevin Appier was a favorite of mine growing up. His funky delivery and forkball were fun to watch. In 1992 Appier went 15-8 with a 2.46 ERA
This 1992 home jersey is minus the Joe Burke patch where the outline of the patch can still be seen. The tagging on the front of the jersey is consistent with most 1992 Royals gamers that I have seen. The sleeve cuffs are faded some and some pilling from the chest velcro can be seen
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1989 Bret Saberhagen game used road jersey
1989 was an odd numbered year, so it was a great year for Sabes. He went 23-6 with a 2.16 ERA. As a kid this was one of my favorite seasons as the Royals were still competitive and Sabes was battling Dave Stewart for the Cy Young.
I obtained this jersey from the 2012 Hunt All Star game auction. We had previously discussed this jersey here . I had missed out on this jersey on ebay but it had had it's name restored and auctioned off for me to win it. Some pilling is present near the chest velcro.
The interesting thing about this jersey is that in 1989 Rawlings was the jersey supplier for the Royals, but this jersey is a Wilson made jersey. An easy way to spot the Wilson and Rawlings jerseys is by the number fonts. Sabes wore both Wilson and Rawlings that year. He was wearing the Wilson when he won his Royals record 23rd win in Oakland. Unfortunately I didn't win the SCP auction for the 1989 Saberhagen glove as that was a beauty. The two baseball cards show the Wilson and Rawlings styles
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1986 David Cone game used rookie jersey
Another Royals Cy Young winner here. 1986 was Cone's rookie year. He was traded away to the Mets for the 87 season but returned to KC in 1993. He won a Cy Young in the 1994 season (If anyone has a 1994 Cone game used jersey let me know).
The jersey is made by Wilson. This jersey was possibly worn during his ML debut. I cannot verify this at all, but Cone made his debut at home. I have attached some screen shots from video of his debut. Unfortunately the game wasn't in HD.
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Tom Gordon 1988 game used jersey
1988 was the year the Tom "Flash" Gordon first came up to the show. He debuted in September of that year before making a huge impact as a rookie in 1989.
This 1988 jersey was possibly worn during his ML debut as well. I cannot verify this but his debut was at home and I don't know how many jerseys a September call up gets.
I purchased this jersey with the name on back removed. Lon Lewis did a great job following the original outline of the removed letters and restoring it for me. The lettering is not a vertical arched lettering. Gordon can be seen in photos (not sure if spring training) wearing a home jersey with similar lettering.
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Jeff Montgomery 1989 game used jersey (recycled)
The Royals all time saves leader was first issued this jersey in 1989. In 1989 Monty went 7-3 with 19 saves and a 1.37 ERA.
The name was removed and later recycled as remnants of a nameplate can also be seen. To my knowledge the Royals would send jerseys down to the minors to be recycled (if I am incorrect please chime in). I received the jersey with no name or nameplate present but the outline of both were visible. I had Lon Lewis restore Montgomery's name using the original outline and he did a great job again.
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and another Royals pitcher....
Mark Gubicza 1990 jersey
The last Royals name restored jersey that I have is a 1990 Gubicza jersey. The jersey is from 1990 and has 2 inches of length added to it. Gubicza got hurt in 1990 after a promising start to his career. When I picked up this jersey the name on back had been removed but the outline was visible. I had Lon restore this jersey as well. Vertical Arch lettering present.
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MichaelofSF
Tom Gordon 1988 game used jersey
1988 was the year the Tom "Flash" Gordon first came up to the show. He debuted in September of that year before making a huge impact as a rookie in 1989.
This 1988 jersey was possibly worn during his ML debut as well. I cannot verify this but his debut was at home and I don't know how many jerseys a September call up gets.
I purchased this jersey with the name on back removed. Lon Lewis did a great job following the original outline of the removed letters and restoring it for me. The lettering is not a vertical arched lettering. Gordon can be seen in photos (not sure if spring training) wearing a home jersey with similar lettering.
What I actually just noticed about my jersey is the front 3 and the back 3 are different fonts. The front 3 is more of the Wilson (more square) style "3" and the back "3" is more of the Rawlings (more turns/curved) style "3." The two photos of Gordon actually show him in a jersey with the same anomaly, that could actually be my jersey in the picture!
In addition to that, by his 1989 photos the home jerseys that he wears show the Rawlings style "3" present on both front and back photos. On his 1989 UD card he is wearing the same jersey with the front 3.
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Very impressive jersey's.
I don't have much and no jersey's but I do have this Salvador Perez gamer photo matched to his first and so far his only game winning HR.
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sportsnbikes
Very impressive jersey's.
I don't have much and no jersey's but I do have this Salvador Perez gamer photo matched to his first and so far his only game winning HR.
It would help if I included the pic.
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Just picked up this Salvador Perez mask from Player Direct. These are not pictures I took. Item will be in transit soon!
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Outside of my Orioles collection this has to be my favorite. Took awhile to land a vintage Royals jersey with Kansas City on it. 1976 Hal McRae.
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MichaelofSF
I know that we have several Royals collectors on the board, so I wanted to create a thread for fellow Royals collectors to learn from each other and educate each other. As well as a place for us to share our findings/pickups.
I'll start with my favorite baseball item in my collection. I was able to obtain this from fellow forum member Jerry S. He was kind enough to let me pry this away from his collection. Even though I have had it for a few months, I still have not created a display for it.
George Brett 1992 game used jersey. This road style jersey is my favorite Royals style of jersey ever (Road 1992-94), and it is also of my favorite player ever. My all time grail type baseball jersey would be George Brett's 3,000 hit jersey, but that is in the Royals HOF and I don't think that is going to be in my collection anytime soon. Here is a road jersey worn by Brett in 1992 just prior to his 3,000 hit. George wore this jersey in September of 1992 on road trips to NYY, Bal and Min. George inscribed the hits that he had while wearing this gamer (2,979-2,784, 2,994-2,996). Brett collected hits 2,997-3,000 in one night in a 4 hit game against the Angels. On this jersey there is the Joe Burke "JRB" memorial patch. On Brett's jerseys, he modified the patch to have a "JHB" which I believe was for his father Jack Brett. The jersey is unwashed and has residual pine tar on the left collarbone area and the back right shoulder.
The tagging on the front of the jersey isn't exactly like other 1992 Royals jerseys as they typically show the Year, set #, number, then name. The Intera Tag is on the neck of this Brett jersey. I will post an example of another 1992 gamer next.
Michael, that is a beautiful Brett jersey!
Ben
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ksfarmboy
Outside of my Orioles collection this has to be my favorite. Took awhile to land a vintage Royals jersey with Kansas City on it. 1976 Hal McRae.
I LOVE this jersey. The powder blue 70's jersey's are my favorites of the Royals. Ahhhhh the memories of a winner year in and year out; even if I was only a small child!
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Michael, that is a beautiful Brett jersey!
Ben
Thank you for the kind words Ben, the Brett jersey is a beauty like most of the gems in your collection.
2001 Carlos Beltran game used jersey
This is the third 2001 Beltran game used jersey that I have owned. I sold my other home 2001 Beltran previously so this is taking the place of the one that I sold before. This one was obtained originally from a shirt off the back type drawing at the game. I purchased this from the original owner. This jersey was worn prior to September 11th as post 9/11 the US Flag patch was present on jerseys. In 2001 all American League teams wore the 100 years AL patch on the sleeve.
This jersey is unwashed. Dirt, pine tar and sharpie markings are present on this jersey. What is interesting about this jersey is the Russell tagging is the 1996-1999 style tagging. The other 2001 Beltran jerseys that I have handled had the 2001 style Russell tagging.
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2013 Eric Hosmer game used jersey (MLB authenticated)
This Hos jersey was last worn during a 2-HR game on 6/28/2013. In this 9-3 victory over the Twins, Hosmer went 3-4 with 3 runs, 2 HR, and 3 RBIs. June (2 new hitting coaches, one of them George Brett himself) is the month that Hosmer got his career back on track and when he started to show the promise that he had shown in his rookie year. He continued his hot month of June through the rest of the season picking up the 2013 Royals Player of the Year Award. This jersey was purchased directly from Royals Authentics.
Later on in the season Hos had another 2 HR game on 7/24 against Baltimore, unfortunately the Royals did not tag, pull, and authenticate that home jersey.
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sportsnbikes
Very impressive jersey's.
I don't have much and no jersey's but I do have this Salvador Perez gamer photo matched to his first and so far his only game winning HR.
Great Perez items! The kid just looks like he enjoys playing the game.
2011 Eric Hosmer rookie game used jersey (Joplin and Splittorff patches)
I no longer own this jersey as I auctioned it off in one of the Goldin Auctions this year. I had obtained the jersey and a Moustakas (Later obtained by fellow collector Leigh B, I'll let him post his jersey) originally through Royals Auctions. During a series in St. Louis from June 17-19th the Royals and Cardinals both wore the Teams Unite for Joplin patch. Both teams later auctioned off their jerseys from the series and donated money to help those affected by the Joplin destruction. Hosmer and Moustakas both wore 3 jerseys that series and the day they wore them was designated by writing the day of the week on the inner wash tag. You can see that in the picture where the "F" is. The Hosmer and Moustakas jerseys that I owned came washed, signed and MLB authenticated as game used. The Friday game was highlighted by a face first slide by Moose into home plate for the winning run (5-4 Royals win), Moose bloodied his face up pretty good on the slide.
I do not know if all players wore three jerseys but I would doubt that.
The "Splitt" patch worn on the sleeve was worn in 2011 after the passing (5/25/11) of former player and announcer Paul Splittorff.
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ksfarmboy
Outside of my Orioles collection this has to be my favorite. Took awhile to land a vintage Royals jersey with Kansas City on it. 1976 Hal McRae.
If you ever want to get rid of this please let me know. I'd LOVE to own a jersey from this era. royalcollector1@yahoo.com
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Got the mask. Loving it. I had to put it on and I know that will KILL some GUU members but that was the last time. LOL. Currently looking for a nice shadowbox and will try to photomatch although not holding out much hope.
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OOPS. That first picture isn't my picture. Here is mine.
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Great stuff so far guys. Love the jerseys Chu.
Here is a photographic history of Billy Butler bats and use characteristics ranging from his early minor league career through 2013, in chronological order.
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1989 Frank White home jersey
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Great stuff so far guys. Love the jerseys Chu.
Here is a photographic history of Billy Butler bats and use characteristics ranging from his early minor league career through 2013, in chronological order.
That's a slew of Butler bats!
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A trio of 2011 Paul Splittorf memorial patch gamers... Alex Gordon with rookie jerseys of Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer.
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A couple Billy Butler gloves and mitts. 2006-2007 (rookie) outfield glove, second year 2008 1st base mitt, and third year 2009 1st base mitt.
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Too lazy to take photos but I own Tim Collins rookie jackie robinson day jersey. He came in and faced two batters and ended up walking both before being removed. The next pitcher allowed the runner to score which ended up being the first career run allowed by Tim Collins.
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Too lazy to take photos but I own Tim Collins rookie jackie robinson day jersey. He came in and faced two batters and ended up walking both before being removed. The next pitcher allowed the runner to score which ended up being the first career run allowed by Tim Collins.
That's an interesting stat! Cool!
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A couple Billy Butler gloves and mitts. 2006-2007 (rookie) outfield glove, second year 2008 1st base mitt, and third year 2009 1st base mitt.
Cool gloves! I hope one day to own a glove. Maybe after I'm finished paying child support. Only 8 and a half years.
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George Brett batting helmet:
Ben
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George Brett batting helmet:
Ben
That's SUUUWEEET!
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Keeping the Royals thread going...
2006 Wichita Wrangler jerseys of Alex Gordon and Billy Butler
2007 Butler Rookie bat, MLB holo, and photomatched
2008 Gordon bat
Oldies but goodies of John Wathan and Pat Tabler.
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Perez catchers mask. The velcro at the rip is pulling the rip open wider so after it came off all the way it doesn't look quite as big.
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Eric Hosmer Marucci gamer.
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Hosmer SSK match. If I can get some better images from the Baltimore game on 7-24 this bat will have a 2-HR game on it.
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Sorry for the large images. I thought they would come out smaller than that.
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Yordano "Ace" Ventura Game used Glove 2012
I was recently able to pick up a 2012 Yordano Ventura glove with Anderson Authentics/Ventura COA. It looks like Yordano used this for the earlier part of the year.
Ventura used a few different gloves during the 2012 year, he wore a different glove for the Futures Game and I have seen another Rawlings glove with a different web pattern that was used. In his MLB debut in 2013, Ventura was using a Jeremy Guthrie glove.
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That's a great glove. From what I understand, his game used stuff is in short supply!
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I've had this bat for a little over a year but I just found a cool complimentary piece in this lineup card. This bat was photo matched to Perez first career walk off home run. The lineup card is from that game.