1946 New York YANKEES Team SIGNED Baseball(27 SIGNERS!)(Joe DiMaggio/Tiny Bonham - $1,800 - (Gainesville, GA)
HERE IS A 1946 NEW YORK YANKEE TEAM SIGNED BASEBALL. IT IS SIGNED BY 27 MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. THE BALL IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE WEAR- AND ALL OF THE SIGNATURES ARE LEGIBLE(SOME ARE DARKER THAN OTHERS, A FEW LESS LEGIBLE THAN THE OTHERS). THE BASEBALL ITSELF IS AN OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE BALL(WILLIAM HARRIDGE PRES.) HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNERS IS HALL OF FAME LEGEND JOE DiMAGGIO("THE YANKEE CLIPPER" HIT .325 LIFETIME, WAS MVP 3 TIMES, HIT IN 56 STRAIGHT GAMES IN 1941, DIED IN 1999). OTHER NOTABLES ARE HALL OF FAME PITCHER RED RUFFING(WON 273 GAMES, WON 20 GAMES 4 TIMES, DIED IN 1986); HALL OF FAME SHORTSTOP PHIL RIZZUTO(MVP IN 1950, DIED IN 2007); GEORGE STIRNWEISS(BATTING CHAMP IN 1945, DIED IN 1958); "OLD RELIABLE" TOM HENRICH(DIED IN 2009); JOE GORDON(1942 MVP, DIED IN 1978); AARON ROBINSON(CATCHER, DIED IN 1966); JOE PAGE(RELIEVER, DIED IN 1980); JOHNNY MURPHY(PITCHER, DIED IN 1970); CHARLIE KELLER(OUTFIELDER, DIED IN 1990); SPUD CHANDLER(PITCHER(MVP IN 1943, WON 20 GAMES 2 TIMES, DIED IN 1990); JOHNNY NEUN(FINISHED THE 1946 SEASON AS MGR., DIED IN 1990); AND FRANK CROSETTI(DIED IN 2002). *****ALSO ON THE BALL IS ERNIE "TINY" BONHAM(WON 21 GAMES IN 1941, DIED SEPT. 5, 1949.) HERE IS A COMPLETE LIST OF THE SIGNERS: (LISTED IN THE ORDER ON THE PANELS THAT THE AUTOGRAPHS APPEAR) ERNIE BONHAM, NICK ETTEN, RANDY GUMPERT, GUS NIARHOS, FRANK CROSETTI; JOE DiMAGGIO AND SPUD CHANDLER(SWEET SPOT); KEN SILVESTRI, CHARLIE KELLER, BILL JOHNSON, BILL WIGHT, PHIL RIZZUTO, RED RUFFING, JOHNNY NEUN; BILL BEVENS, TOM HENRICH, GEORGE STIRNWEISS, CLARENCE MARSHALL, TOMMY BYRNE, BUD METHENY, ALAN GETTEL; MEL QUEEN, AARON ROBINSON, JOE GORDON, JOHNNY LINDELL, JOE PAGE, JOHNNY MURPHY. INCLUDED IS A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY THAT READS: "THE BALL HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR YEARS AND THE STORY IS THAT MY GRANDFATHER WAS AT ONE OF THE YANKEE GAMES AND CAUGHT THE HOMERUN BALL AND BACK THEN WHEN YOU CAUGHT THE HOMERUN BALL THEY WOULD AUTOGRAPH IT FOR YOU. ROSALIE WOOD 4…
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