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ONL Frick Baseball Signed Ralph Kiner, 22 More 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates.
Lot 122. ONL Frick Baseball Signed Ralph Kiner, 22 More 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates. A JSA Letter of Authenticity accompanies this ball, which has the Pirates’ Hall of Fame slugger on the east panel with Bill Werle, George Strickland, Murray Dickson, Jack Maguire and future manager Danny Murtaugh. Bill Meyer (died 1957) was Pittsburgh’s manager in 1951, and he and Dino Restelli share the sweet spot. Meyer signed also the north panel, along with Bill Koski, Gus Bell (d. 1995), rookie Bob Friend, Con Dempsey and Junior Walsh. The ball is signed also by these Pirates: Vernon Law, Stan Rojak, Joe Muir (d. 1980), Cliff Chambers, Mel Queen Sr. and Wally Westlake on the south panel and Hank Schenz, Pete Reiser, Ed FitzGerald and Paul Pettit on the west. In addition, the ball is signed also by Bob Thomson of the New York Giants. It is likely that the ball was autographed at a spring training game. An addendum to the JSA LoA indicates that the ball is signed by two Giants, Schenz and Thomson. Actually, Schenz split the season between Pittsburgh and New York, playing 25 games with the Pirates before being traded and participating in eight games with the Giants. His is legitimately a Pirates autograph. Nm ball with signatures ranging from vg 3 to ex-m 6 and averaging vg-ex 4. Authenticated also by Kevin Keating. The ball has 24 Pirates signatures, two by Meyer, plus Thomson.
Minimum Bid $100.
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