CURT FLOOD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 291205
Price: $300.00
CURT FLOOD
The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder is shown kneeling on the field in
this black and white photograph.
Photograph signed: "Curt Flood" in red felt tip, B/w 8x10.Curt Flood (1938-1997) played Major League Baseball from 1956
to 1969, and made a brief reappearance in 1971. Flood was a reliable hitter
who topped .300 three times in an era when pitching dominated the game. But
Flood's greatest talent was in centerfield, which he roamed for the St Louis
Cardinals, beginning in 1958. One of the finest defensive players of any era,
Flood had 223 consecutive games without an error, and made no errors at all in
1966. A three-time All-Star, he won seven consecutive Gold Glove awards. He
played in all seven games of three World Series for the Cardinals: victories
over the Yankees and Red Sox in 1964 and 1967, and a loss to the Tigers in
1968. He was one of only four Cardinals to appear on all three teams.
After the 1969 season, the Cardinals traded Flood to the Phillies. Flood
refused to go, and challenged the "reserve clause" which had long denied players
the right to negotiate with multiple terms for the best offer. He sat out the
1970 season, taking his suit against Major League Baseball and Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn all the way to the Supreme Court. The Major League Players
Association endorsed his suit, but not one active player was willing to appear
in court on his behalf. With former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg as his
lawyer, Flood lost by a 5-3 vote in the Supreme Court. He made a brief
return to baseball with the Washington Senators in 1971, but his skills were
gone, and he soon retired. Flood fought law suits and the Internal Revenue
Service for the rest of his life. He twice tried to organize a new baseball
league, but was unsuccessful. In 1975, an arbiter voided the reserve clause
in cases involving two other players, and the era of free agency began.
Flood had been five years ahead of his time. Fine condition.
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