This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2001.
Considered by Ted Williams to be the strongest man to ever play the game, Frank Howard looked as if he could bunt the ball over the fence. He dwarfed Boog Powell. "Hondo" hit 382 home runs during his career and in 1970 led the American league in home runs, with 44 and RBIs with 126. This Hillerich & Bradsby, model R43 war club measures 36.5" and weighs 34 ounces and shows evidence of good game use with a slight handle crack that has been repaired. Howard’s #9 is on the knob in marker. Hondo’s Sharpie autograph has the added notation "382 HRs".