BUCK LEONARD - BASEBALL BAT SIGNED - HFSID 113387
Price: $340.00
BUCK LEONARD.
Adirondack Big Stick bat engraved with Buck's name and Hall of Fame year,
signed by him in blue ink on the barrel
Baseball Bat signed: "Buck Leonard". Rawlings Big Stick Adirondack
Professional baseball bat imprinted with his name and Hall of Fame admission
year. Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (1907-1997), a lefthanded power
hitter, teamed with legendary slugging catcher Josh Gibson to lead the
Homestead Grays to nine consecutive Negro National League championships from
1937 through 1945. The duo was dubbed the "Thunder Twins" by the black
press: Leonard was called a black Lou Gehrig, Gibson a black Babe Ruth.
While Gibson slugged tape measure home runs, the pull-hitting Leonard, who
feasted on fastballs, demonstrated his smooth, powerful stroke by hitting line
drives off and over the walls. Leonard was equally smooth and consistent at
first base. He was a smart fielder who always made the right play, and a team
leader. Leonard, whose Negro League career began in 1933, was offered a Major
League contract in 1952, but he felt he was too old to accept. Still, he starred
in the Mexican League through 1955. Leonard and Gibson were both enshrined
in the Hall of Fame in 1972. Fine condition.
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