A tale of 2 Bob Millers

[ALR-bishop]

Shane- You should send them all to PSA for authentication and see what happens 😎

[ALR-bishop]

My effort to "clarify" things

[ALBB]

and then theres the confusing story of the other Bob Millers...both played for the early 60s Mets...I think at the same time...two Bob Millers on the same pitching staff

Also recall Miller as a tough to find 62 T high #..short print

[frankhardy]

Originally Posted by ALBB

and then theres the confusing story of the other Bob Millers...both played for the early 60s Mets...I think at the same time...two Bob Millers on the same pitching staff

Also recall Miller as a tough to find 62 T high #..short print

Ok....so I didn't realize that. I just looked it up and one of the Cardinals Millers (b 1939; d 1993) was one of the Millers on the Mets in 1962. The Tigers' Miller that I referred to was the other Miller on the Mets in 1962. He went served in the military in 1957 and didn't come back to MLB until 1962.

[frankhardy]

Al,

The article you posted indicated that Topps got the wrong Miller on the front. In theory, the card COULD HAVE been intended for the Miller born in 1939, because he pitched for the Cardinals in 1957 and in 1959. And he probably would have been the better choice because the Miller born in 1926 never pitched for the Cardinals. However, Topps anticipated him pitching for the Cardinals in 1959. He did not because he got let go and never pitched in MLB again.

To add to the confusion, the 1959 Topps card has the wrong birth year. He was born June 16, 1926, but the card says June 16, 1927.

[ALR-bishop]

See if you can get one of them to autograph their card with "Sherman"

[frankhardy]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

See if you can get one of them to autograph their card with "Sherman"

Well....that might be a problem. They are both no longer with us!

That would be cool, though!

[rats60]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

See if you can get one of them to autograph their card with "Sherman"

Casey Stengel called the right handed Bob Miller Nelson. I wonder if he signed any autos noting that.

[akleinb611]

Actually, I'm the guy who wrote the SCD article about the many Millers. If the OP is correct, and Phildelphia Bob was tentatively sold to the Cardinals in 1959, then I retract what I said about Topps getting things wrong. They may have meant that Miller to be who he was supposed to be.

They still messed up all the Bob Smiths from that time period, though...

Alan Kleinberger