Autograph Help

[MattCarmell]

I have a baseball that I got signed at a team party for the Blue Jays back in '91 or '92 in spring training when I was about 8 years old. Recently I looked at it and was able to identify all but one signature. I was wondering if anyone would be able to assist me in identifying the signature. The help would be greatly appreciated

[King]

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[Spanky99]

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[MattCarmell]

 

It's the one in the middle. The top is Kelly Gruber and the bottom is John Olerud.

[Effit]

Mike Timlin?

 

That's my best guess.

[Boxcar]

I think it's Mickey Weston.

[KingKat]

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[Deadpool]

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A bible verse is part of his autograph? That's some next level preachy s***; Teebow could learn a thing or two from this dude.

[Boxcar]

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

[KingKat]

A bible verse is part of his autograph? That's some next level preachy s***; Teebow could learn a thing or two from this dude.

 

Seems like he pretty much always used it too judging from Google. That and the legible hand writing pretty much rules him out. Timlin has terrible hand writing so maybe it's him though it doesn't really look like it. I looked up the Syracus and Knoxville rosters from those years on Baseball Reference too and didn't find anything. I can't resist a mystery but this one has me stumped.

[MattCarmell]

 

Here is a side by side. Thanks for the help but I don't think they are a match

[Boxcar]

Seems like he pretty much always used it too judging from Google. That and the legible hand writing pretty much rules him out. Timlin has terrible hand writing so maybe it's him though it doesn't really look like it. I looked up the Syracus and Knoxville rosters from those years on Baseball Reference too and didn't find anything. I can't resist a mystery but this one has me stumped.

 

I thought it might have been Mookie Wilson but there are pics of his autograph on a ball and it looks pretty neat. I figured Weston might have had a messier signature on a ball.

[KingKat]

I thought it might have been Mookie Wilson but there are pics of his autograph on a ball and it looks pretty neat. I figured Weston might have had a messier signature on a ball.

 

It's a really messy signature to be sure. One thing that's peculiar is that there seems to be a middle initial A. You can clearly see that the pen was lifted before and after forming it. Who signs like that? Timlin does have the middle initial A. If he was signing Michael A. Timlin at the time instead of Mike Timlin then it would be him. I have no other theories.

[G-Snarls]

I looked at every roster player and coach from 91 and 92

 

Nothing that looks likely

 

Tough one...

Edited November 24, 2015 by G-Snarls

[G-Snarls]

It was in spring training

 

My guess it was someone who never made the major league team that year

[Boxcar]

It's a really messy signature to be sure. One thing that's peculiar is that there seems to be a middle initial A. You can clearly see that the pen was lifted before and after forming it. Who signs like that? Timlin does have the middle initial A. If he was signing Michael A. Timlin at the time instead of Mike Timlin then it would be him. I have no other theories.

 

Shows what kind of signature analyst I am...I totally didn't see that as an "A" until you pointed it out. The issue I'm having is that it clearly looks as though there's an "o" in the surname.

[MattCarmell]

I appreciate all the help. I like the theories.

[G-Snarls]

I appreciate all the help. I like the theories.

 

Mine is clearly the best though. JS.

[KingKat]

It was in spring training

 

My guess it was someone who never made the major league team that year

 

I checked the Syracus and Knoxville rosters and didn't find anything too promising.

 

Edit: I was checking 91 and 92.

Edited November 24, 2015 by KingKat

[MattCarmell]

I looked at every roster player and coach from 2011 and 2012

 

Nothing that looks likely

 

Tough one...

 

It was '91 '92

[G-Snarls]

It was '91 '92

 

Typo by me. That's what I meant and those are the rosters I looked at

[bendera3]

If you want to find out a good resource might be trying to buy the 91 and 92 editions of Spring Training Magazine somewhere online. They might have rosters (their website has the past couple of years of rosters on it.