Should Pirates early 80's jersey...

[33bird]

Have names of the back of them?

[Mr.3000]

From what I can tell just by a quick Google image search, yes.

[Mr.3000]

Getty has Willie Stargell photos from 1980 and 1982 with NOB.


http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Se...0&src=standard#



Hope this helps.

[33bird]

Thanks brother. There's a Johnny Ray 1980 jersey on the Bay and it has no name on the back.

[Mr.3000]

Thanks brother. There's a Johnny Ray 1980 jersey on the Bay and it has no name on the back.

No problem. Glad I could help.

[hrvatwill]

Just a general comment, it's not unusual to see Pirates jerseys from that era with no NOB since they typically were recycled through the minors. However, I saw the Ray jersey to which you were referring and the tagging is incorrect. The yellow jerseys were made by Wilson that year and the tag should be in the collar. Furthermore, there should be a swatch on the lower right front tail which reads "3 80"

[sox83cubs84]

On top of that, Ray didn't join the Bucs until 1981.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[RJB44]

Could the Ray jersey that recently sold on Ebay be from the late 1970's, different player? The font looks correct from period jerseys.

[TAFKADixie]

No other Ray has played for the Pirates. How about a possible minor league jersey of Johnny?

[hrvatwill]

Since it is tagged by Rawlings, perhaps it is actually a 1977 Phil Garner jersey (only year that they tagged the yellows)? I have not seen any yellow exemplars from that year, so don't know whether the tagging format is correct.