This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2001.
This lot contains 77 autographs from ballplayers who began their careers in the magical year of 1927. Rookies include: Lloyd James Waner (Little Poison), b. 1906 d. 1982, 1927-42, 1944-45 (Pit N, Bos N, Cin N, Phi N, Bro N), still holds NL rookie record of 223 hits in a season, lifetime .316 avg., HOF 1967 Wesley Cheek Ferrell, b.1908 d. 1976, 1927-41 (Cle A, Bos A, Was A, NY A, Bro N, Bos N), 20 wins or more 5 times, 198 career wins, brother of HOF Rick Ferrell
Charles Harry "Dick" Spalding, Walter Henry "Wallie" Roettger, Elmer Albert "Mose" Eggert, Elwood George English, Raymond Harold "Flash" Flaskamper, Fred Meloy Frankhouse, John Wesley Gill, George Herbert "Pickles" Gerken, Foster Pere "Babe" Ganzel, Grant A Gillis, Arthur Gilbert Johnson, Paul Henry Hopkins, William Henry Hohman, Minter Carney "Jackie" Hayes, Samuel Sidney Graves, Henry Eckhardt Grampo, Herman Layne, Ralph "Red" Kress, Baxter Byerley "Bucky" Jordan, Randolph Edward Moore, Arthur Grant Mills, Charles Carlisle Littlejohn, Horace Milton "Hod" Lisenbee, George A "Red" Perry, etc.