Nice collection of 4 Oakland Oaks team signed baseballs, 1945, 1946, 1948 PCL Champions, and from 1954,their last Pacific Coast League Pennant winning team. Balls are:
1945 Oakland Oaks - Unidentified ball with 23 signatures. Players are Babich, Caulfield, Chetkovich, DiFani, Fenech, Gilmore, Gibson, Hafey, Herrera, Kearse, Lotz, Mann, Picetti, A. Raimondi, B. Raimondi, Rosenlund, Scarsella, Slate, Smith, Stewart, Stromme, Zidich, 1 unidentified. Mostly 5-7/10 very readable black ink signatures on a toned baseball.
1946 Oakland Oaks - Official PCL BB with 26 signatures. Players are: Ardizoia, Burnett, Buxton(SS), Cunningham, Fox, Gassaway, Gilmore, Hafey, Hart, Holder, H. Martin, Metro, Picetti, Pippen, Price, Raimondi, Scarsella, Schulte, Speer(2)(SS), Stewart, Vandeberg, Westlake, 3 unidentified. Very readable mostly 5-7/10 black ink signatures on a toned baseball.
1948 Oakland Oaks - Official Pacific Coast League BB with 26 signatures. The celebrated "Nine Old Men" team put together by managerial whiz Casey Stengel to win the PCL pennant and get himself another shot at the majors with the New York Yankees. Players are: Babich, Buxton, Christopher, Coombs, Duezabou(SS), Etten, Fernandes, Gassaway(SS), Graham, W. Hafey, Hamrick, Holder, Jones, Cookie Lavagetto, Lodigiani, Ernie Lombardi, Billy Martin, Raimondi, Scarsella, Speer, Casey Stengel, Tost, Van Robays, Wilkie(2), 1 unidentified. Mostly 6-7/10 very readable black ink signatures on a toned baseball.
1954 Pacific Coast Champion Oakland Oaks - Official League Ball signed by 18 members of the 1954 PCL pennant winning team who who the playoffs after finishing 3rd during the regular season. Players are: Atkins, Broglio, Cuetto, Davis, Dressen(SS), Ferrarese, Gettel, Jorgensen, Landini, Lavagetto, Marshall, Milne, Nelson(SS), Nicholas, Rivas, Rose, Van Cuyk, Waters. Mostly 7-8/10 very readable blue ink signatures on a toned baseball.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.