Author: FONSECA, Lew (1899-1989), HAAS, George "Mule" (1903-74), SCHANG, Wally (1889-1965), WANER, Lloyd "Little Poison" (1906-82) and WANER, Paul "Big Poison" (1903-65)
Title: Signatures on Album Leaf
Description: Fonseca played first and second base for the Cincinnati Reds (1921-24), Philadelphia Phillies (1925), Cleveland Indians (1927-31) and Chicago White Sox (1931-33, manager 1932-34); Haas played center field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1925), Philadelphia Athletics (1928-32, 1938) and Chicago White Sox (1933-37); Schang played catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1913-17, 1930), Boston Red Sox (1918-20), New York Yankees (1921-25), St. Louis Browns (1926-29) and Detroit Tigers (1931); Baseball Hall of Famer Lloyd Waner played center field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1927-41, 1944-45) with several one-year WW2 gigs with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies; and his older brother, Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Waner, played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941, 1943-44), Boston Braves (1941-42) and New York Yankees (1944-45). Large and bold signatures of these five players on a 3½" X 6" pale blue sheet, n.p. n.y. [likely 1930]. Near fine. Schang signs at top, with a small (3¼" X 3/4") typed slip beneath this ("Veteran Big League / Catching Ace (1765 games) / 17 years American League"), then below this are Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Haas and Fonseca. A unique and attractive grouping that includes two scarce Hall of Fame brothers -- and accompanied by two fine modern color reproductions (Dover Press) from the "Diamond Stars" series of baseball cards for Lloyd Waner and Paul Waner, each glossy heavy stock 2½" X 3" -- Lloyd in 1934 catching a ball in center field and Paul in 1935 striking a batting pose. .

Keywords: Athletes


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