This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2001.
This lot contains 83 autographs of ballplayers who began their careers in 1928. Rookies include: Carl Owen Hubbell ( King Carl, Mealticket), b. 1903 d. 1988 1928-43 ( NY N), .622 winning pct., won 20 games or more five years in a row, 260 complete games, 1934 All-Star heroics, HOF 1947. John Leonard Roosevelt "Pepper" Martin, b. 1904 d. 1965 1928, 1930-40, 1944 (Stl N), 3 time all-star, won two World Series with the Cardinals, hit .500 in 1931 World Series. August Rodney "Blackie" Mancuso, b. 1905 d.1984 1928, 1930-45 (Stl N, NY N, Chi N, Bro N, Phi N) Grady Emmett "Butcher Boy" Adkins, Robert Anthony "Asby" Asbjornson, Lester Justin Bartholomew, James Fred Bennett, Lawrence Joseph Bettencourt, Delphia Louis Bissonette, George Franklin Blackerby, etc.