This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 5/11/2001.
Gil Hodges, one of the best ballplayers, not yet in the Hall of Fame signed this contract in 1949. There was no signing bonus, no plane, no private suite in hotels on the road and there was no tent to sell Gil's merchandise in. Just $8,250 annually for being the best fielding first basemen and regularly driving in 100 runs. Gil has signed Gilbert Ray Hodges in blue ballpoint, with a signature that rates 9+.