Philadelphia Phillies failures have been many since the franchise was established in 1883, yet over all those years their fan base has remained phaithful. Senior Philly Phans look back with nostalgia at the guys they rooted for back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the home team needed all the cheering it could get, with this selection of (4) Phillies team-signed baseballs. All appear to be period-signed, and there’s plenty of hometown heroes to root for among the (91) combined total autographs.



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1966 Team: (19) autographs range (“4” to “7”) on an ONL/Giles ball (EX), with notables: Dick Allen, Johnny Callison, Dick Groat, Rick Wise, Harvey Kuenn, and Bill White. Gene Mauch, and Jim Bunning are stamped signatures.



1966 Team: (24) autographs range (“5” to “7”) on an ONL/Giles ball (EX-MT), with notables: Bob Uecker, “P-Nuts” Lowrey (coach), Tony Gonzales, Bill White, and Rick Wise. Gene Mauch, Jim Bunning, Johnny Callison, and Chris Short are stamped signatures.



1969 Team: (24) autographs range (“5” to “8”) on an ONL/Giles ball (EX), with notables “Turk” Farrell (d.1977), Rick Joseph (d.1979), Rick Wise, Grant Jackson, Don Money, Johnny Callison, “Cookie” Rojas, Andy Seminick (coach), George Myatt (manager), Tony Taylor, and Deron Johnson.



1970 Team: (24) signatures range (“5” to “7”) on an ONL/Feeney ball (EX-MT), with notables: Rick Wise, Larry Bowa (rookie season), Deron Johnson, Tony Taylor, Rick Joseph, Grant Jackson, and Tim McCarver. Frank Lucchesi is a clubhouse signature.



Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA. Opening Bid $150.