THE BOSTON BRAVES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1948 CO-SIGNED BY: TOMMY HOLMES, FRED "FAT FREDDIE" FITZSIMMONS, JOHNNY SAIN, BILLY SOUTHWORTH, NELSON POTTER, SIBBY (SEBASTIAN DANIEL) SISTI, PHIL MASI, EDDIE "THE BRAT" STANKY, JOHN AUGUST ANTONELLI, BILL "BIG BILL" VOISELLE, BILL SALKELD, CHARLES "RED" BARRETT, ERNIE WHITE, FRANK "BUCK" McCORMICK, JOHNNY COONEY, BOB "MR. TEAM" ELLIOTT, EARL TORGESON, CLYDE "HARDROCK" SHOUN, JIM RUSSELL, VERN BICKFORD, CONNIE (CORNELIUS) RYAN, ALVIN "AL" DARK, WARREN SPAHN, MIKE (MYRON WINTHROP) MCCORMICK - HFSID 102548
Sale Price $1,275.00
Reg. $1,500.00
1948 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION BOSTON BRAVES
This baseball was signed by 24 members of the 1948 National League champion
Boston Braves. The Braves were defeated in the World Series four games to two by
the Cleveland Indians that year.
Official National League Ford C. Frick Baseball signed in black ink by the
following members of the 1948 National League champion Boston Braves: Alvin
Dark, Mike McCormick, Johnny Sain, Sibby Sisti,
Nelson Potter, Eddie Stanky, Tommy Holmes, Phil
Masi, Billy Southworth, Fred Fitzsimmons, John
Antonelli, Bill Voiselle, Bill Salkheld, Bob Elliott,
Red Barrett, Ernie White, Frank McCormick, Johnny
Cooney, Clyde Shoun, Jim Russell, Vern Bickford,
Warren Spahn, Earl Torgeson, Connie Ryan and one
unidentified signature. The Boston Braves (1871-1952), which became the
Milwaukee Braves for 13 years before becoming today's Atlanta Braves, is the
longest continuously active team in baseball history. In 1948, the cry of
"Spahn and Sain and two days of rain" was first heard, as WARREN SPAHN
and JOHNNY SAIN won 39 games to help the team win the National League
pennant. The Braves were defeated by the Cleveland Indians in the 1948
World Series. 25 signatures in all. Lightly soiled. Minor surface
bumps. Some signatures faint but legible. Otherwise in fine condition.
Presented in Gallery of History pedestal style: 6½x6½x2¼ base; 3x3x3 display
case.
- THE BOSTON BRAVES
- MIKE MCCORMICK
- WARREN SPAHN
- ALVIN DARK
- CONNIE RYAN
- VERN BICKFORD
- JIM RUSSELL
- CLYDE SHOUN
- EARL TORGESON
- BOB ELLIOTT
- JOHNNY COONEY
- FRANK McCORMICK
- ERNIE WHITE
- CHARLES BARRETT
- BILL SALKELD
- BILL VOISELLE
- JOHN AUGUST ANTONELLI
- EDDIE STANKY
- PHIL MASI
- SIBBY SISTI
- NELSON POTTER
- BILLY SOUTHWORTH
- JOHNNY SAIN
- FRED FITZSIMMONS
- TOMMY HOLMES
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