Lot # 995: 1969-1972 Baltimore Orioles Team-Signed Baseball Consecutive Season Run (4) with (99) Total Signatures Including B. Robinson, F. Robinson, Palmer, Weaver & Powell

Relive the high point of the Baltimore Orioles history, with this 1969-1972 team-signed baseball consecutive season run (4). The O's made three straight trips to the World Series during this era, coming away as World Champions in 1970. The brains, the muscle, and the heat from these great teams are represented, with signatures by manager Earl Weaver, sluggers Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, and "Boog" Powell, and pitching aces Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson. The baseballs are attractive, and the great majority of the (99) total period signatures are distinct.

Featured are:

1969 American League champions, with (26) signatures on a Baltimore Orioles souvenir ball, including Earl Weaver (HOF), Frank Robinson (HOF), Brooks Robinson (HOF), Davey Johnson, "Boog" Powell, Jim Palmer (HOF), Paul Blair, and Mark Belanger;

1970 World Series champions, with (32) signatures on an OAL/Cronin ball, including Weaver, Belanger, Palmer, Mike Cuellar, F. Robinson, Bobby Grich, B. Robinson, Powell, and Palmer;

1971 American League champions, with (13) signatures on an OAL/Cronin ball, including Weaver, F. Robinson, B. Robinson, Dave McNally, Blair, Pat Dobson, Palmer, and Johnson;

1972 Orioles, with (28) signatures on an OAL/Cronin baseball, including Weaver, Grich, Cuellar, Dobson, Powell, B. Robinson, Blair, Belanger, Palmer, and Don Baylor.

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.