LON WARNEKE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 291147
Sale Price $90.00
Reg. $100.00
LON WARNEKE
Index card signature of the Cubs' 3-time 20-game winner.
Signature: "L Warneke", 3x5 card. Lon Warneke (1909-1976), "the Arkansas
Hummingbird," won 192 Major League games while losing only 121. He reached the Majors
in 1930, and ended his career during World War II. The best of Warneke's many fine
seasons with the Chicago Cubs was 1932, when he led the National League in ERA,
wins, winning percentage and shutouts. His 22-6 record was the first of three 20-win
seasons. He appeared in two World Series for the Cubs (1932, 1935), and it was not his
fault the Cubs lost the latter Series to the Tigers. (Warneke allowed only one Tiger run in
seventeen innings, winning both games in which he appeared.) He played in the first All-Star
Game (1933) and in 4 more. After his playing days Warneke became an umpire in the Pacific
Coast League and National League and - appropriately - an Arkansas judge. Lightly toned
around edges. Ink stamp on verso. Otherwise, fine condition. .
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