any ideas on who this is?

[OaklandAsFan]

Friend of mine came across this bat but no clue who it is. any thoughts? There is a 7 written on the end of the knob if that helps and it has the MLB logo between the centerbrand and the name stamp to help date it.

thanks in advance

[LastingsMilledge85]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

My guess would be Bobby Crosby, but I bet I'm wrong.

[Manram]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

Do you have a time frame of what years it could be from? I know you said it is signature engraved, but does it have some stamp or something?

[WadeInBmore]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

Friend of mine came across this bat but no clue who it is. any thoughts? There is a 7 written on the end of the knob if that helps and it has the MLB logo between the centerbrand and the name stamp to help date it.

thanks in advance

Hmmm...here are the players that used that number
Frank Menechino (1999)
Jeremy Giambi
Bobby Crosby
Kurt Abbott (1998)
Scott Brosius (1997)
Mike Kingery (1992)
1991 wasn't issued to anyone
Walt Weiss (1990)
Jerry Willard (1986)
Charlie O'Brien (1985)
Mike Edwards (1980)
Rick Bosetti (1981)
Dan Meyer (1983)
in 1984 it wasn't issued in the bigs.

probably too much info...but with out a narrower set of dates that the bat could be from I bid you good luck and I hope it helps.

wade

[scootmagroot]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I say its probably a minor leaguer. definitely isn't Crosby.

[Manram]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I say its probably a minor leaguer. definitely isn't Crosby.

After reading through the players, i agree

[TNTtoys]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

Hmmm...here are the players that used that number
Frank Menechino (1999)
Jeremy Giambi
Bobby Crosby
Kurt Abbott (1998)
Scott Brosius (1997)
Mike Kingery (1992)
1991 wasn't issued to anyone
Walt Weiss (1990)
Jerry Willard (1986)
Charlie O'Brien (1985)
Mike Edwards (1980)
Rick Bosetti (1981)
Dan Meyer (1983)
in 1984 it wasn't issued in the bigs.

probably too much info...but with out a narrower set of dates that the bat could be from I bid you good luck and I hope it helps.

wade

In an attempt to narrow down Wade's list, team names (as seen in the photo) were added to the barrel of Louisville Slugger bats in 1991.

This leaves only the following as possibilities:

Frank Menechino (1999)
Jeremy Giambi
Bobby Crosby
Kurt Abbott (1998)
Scott Brosius (1997)
Mike Kingery (1992)

Unless we're talking about a minor leaguer, as previously hypothesized in the thread.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

In an attempt to narrow down Wade's list, team names (as seen in the photo) were added to the barrel of Louisville Slugger bats in 1991.

This leaves only the following as possibilities:

Frank Menechino (1999)
Jeremy Giambi
Bobby Crosby
Kurt Abbott (1998)
Scott Brosius (1997)
Mike Kingery (1992)

Unless we're talking about a minor leaguer, as previously hypothesized in the thread.

I am going to guess it is Frank Menechino to me the first letter looks like an F and the last an O.

[AthleticsFan]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I am going to guess it is Frank Menechino to me the first letter looks like an F and the last an O.

It definitely is not Frank Menechino, Bobby Crosby, Scott Brosius or Jeremy Giambi.

[jetersbatboy]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

From the labeling described it sounds like a 1999-2001 era bat. So only Jermey Giambi and Frank Menechino wore the number 7 during the time period. It was Frank in 99 and Jeremy in 2000-01. Due to that fact and the look of the signature, I would say Frank.

[AthleticsFan]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

Jeremy Giambi wore #7 during his time with the A's from 2000 to May 2002. While Frank Menechino might have worn #7 during Spring Training in 2000, he always wore #11 during the regular season.

Getting back to the bat, I still can't figure out whose signature that is but it is possible that one of the #7's on the list borrowed the bat from the mystery player.

[OaklandAsFan]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I can tell everyone without a doubt that it is not Menechino. I have dozens of his autograph. I am starting to think that maybe it was borrowed and used by mini G. I was hoping maybe someone here recognized the signature.

[joelsabi]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I can tell everyone without a doubt that it is not Menechino. I have dozens of his autograph. I am starting to think that maybe it was borrowed and used by mini G. I was hoping maybe someone here recognized the signature.

The person had to have a contract with LVS since the name is not in block letters. The center brand should be 1999-2001.

i go to http://www.baseball-reference.com/
I look up on the team tab and look for Oakland links for 1999 and 2001.
I copy the players who had at least 1 ab on a spreadsheet for those three years
I remove all duplicate names. (create a column, scan put an X on duplicate names, sort and delete 1 minute max)

So here are the suspects:

A.J. Hinch
Adam Piatt
Andy Abad*
Ariel Prieto
Barry Zito*
Ben Grieve*
Billy McMillon*
Bo Porter
Cory Lidle
Eric Byrnes
Eric Chavez*
F.P. Santangelo#
Frank Menechino
Gil Heredia
Greg Myers*
Jason Giambi*
Jason McDonald#
Jeremy Giambi*
Jermaine Dye
Jimmy Haynes
John Jaha
Johnny Damon*
Jorge Velandia
Jose Ortiz
Kenny Rogers*
Kevin Appier
Marcus Jones
Mario Valdez*
Mark Bellhorn#
Mark Mulder*
Matt Stairs*
Miguel Tejada
Mike Macfarlane
Mike Magnante*
Mike Stanley
Olmedo Saenz
Omar Olivares
Ramon Hernandez
Randy Velarde
Rich Becker*
Rob Ryan*
Robin Jennings*
Ron Gant
Ryan Christenson
Sal Fasano
Scott Spiezio#
Terrence Long*
Tim Hudson
Tim Raines#
Tom Wilson
Tony Phillips#

[joelsabi]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

My next step would be to scan the list and see if any of the names looks like the name on the bat and then go to ebay and compare autograph for those players. If it's not a match I put a NO on a new VERIFIED column on the spreadsheet and go to the next suspect. If there are no sigs on ebay to compare then I google the name and use the photo link looking for signed baseballs and photos.

Good luck on the mystery. This is my process for looking up names on Team signed baseballs.

The person had to have a contract with LVS since the name is not in block letters. The center brand should be 1999-2001.

i go to http://www.baseball-reference.com/
I look up on the team tab and look for Oakland links for 1999 and 2001.
I copy the players who had at least 1 ab on a spreadsheet for those three years
I remove all duplicate names. (create a column, scan put an X on duplicate names, sort and delete 1 minute max)

So here are the suspects:

A.J. Hinch
Adam Piatt
Andy Abad*
Ariel Prieto
Barry Zito*
Ben Grieve*
Billy McMillon*
Bo Porter
Cory Lidle
Eric Byrnes
Eric Chavez*
F.P. Santangelo#
Frank Menechino
Gil Heredia
Greg Myers*
Jason Giambi*
Jason McDonald#
Jeremy Giambi*
Jermaine Dye
Jimmy Haynes
John Jaha
Johnny Damon*
Jorge Velandia
Jose Ortiz
Kenny Rogers*
Kevin Appier
Marcus Jones
Mario Valdez*
Mark Bellhorn#
Mark Mulder*
Matt Stairs*
Miguel Tejada
Mike Macfarlane
Mike Magnante*
Mike Stanley
Olmedo Saenz
Omar Olivares
Ramon Hernandez
Randy Velarde
Rich Becker*
Rob Ryan*
Robin Jennings*
Ron Gant
Ryan Christenson
Sal Fasano
Scott Spiezio#
Terrence Long*
Tim Hudson
Tim Raines#
Tom Wilson
Tony Phillips#

[OaklandAsFan]

Re: any ideas on who this is?

I certainly appreciate all that work and effort Joel. None of those names seem to coincide with even a hint of that signature though. Must be someone under contract with LVS that never made the show. hmmmmm