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Baseball Autographs
14 Lots
 Lot 140. Cleveland 1948 First Yearbook (Signed by Mike Garcia), World Series Program. Led by Lou Boudreau, the Indians launched the 1948 season with their first yearbook, called a “sketchbook,” and concluded it with their first World Championship. Spiral-bound and containing 48 pages of information and photos, the yearbook is vg with stains along the outside edges of about three-fourths of the pages. Garcia, who passed away in 1986, signed on the first page inside the cover. His signature is a 10. In 13 seasons in Cleveland, he twice won 20 games or more and posted a 142-97 lifetime record with a 3.27 ERA. While the yearbook does not picture Garcia, it does show the American League’s first African-American player, Larry Doby. By the time the World Series rolled around, Satchel Paige had joined the team. Both he and Doby are pictured in the 32-page Cleveland program, along with such stars as Boudreau, Feller, Lemon, Spahn and Sain. Soap opera fans may also want to know that John Berardino, future star of “General Hospital,” is pictured in both publications. The program is complete and vg with a stain affecting the last four pages and the back cover. An excellent pair of publications highlighted by the Garcia autograph.
Winning Bid $138.
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