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Tommy John’s 1985 Oakland A’s Contract and Two Related Minor League Contracts.
Lot 26. Tommy John’s 1985 Oakland A’s Contract and Two Related Minor League Contracts. John signed a contract with the Athletics on July 5, less than a month after his release by the California Angles. He also signed two minor league contracts, with Modesto on July 12 and Madison on July 21, to support his return to major league pitching form. He had last pitched for the Angels on June 5. He returned to the mound, for Oakland, on July 26. The A’s contract is signed twice by John, as Thomas E. John Jr., and once by R L (Sandy) Alderson, the A’s general manager, and Robert Fishel, A.L. executive vice president, for Bobby Brown. Alderson is now GM of the New York Mets. Fishel died in 1988. John signed the minor league contracts, and so did Walter J. Jocketty, who was in charge of the A’s minor league operations. He now is general manager of the Cincinnati Reds. The signatures are mint 9. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $148.
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