Lot # 1007: 1975-1997 Team-Signed Baseballs (6) with (186) Signatures Including Various Hall of Famers

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These (6) team-signed baseballs are from the estate of Mets coach, Mike Cubbage, and represent several teams he coached or played for around the league. He retired in 1981. All have his signature and on the (3) 1991 Mets balls he is listed as coach/manager because there is a note with one of the balls that says "To Mom and Dad, Love Mgr. for a Week!!" The team went 3-4 the week he substituted.

1975 Texas Rangers team-signed creamy toned AOL/MacPhail ball with (34) signatures averaging (“7 to 9”).

Sweet Spot: Lucchesi (mgr). South Panel: Sundberg, Gideon, Lahoud, Clyde, Robson, Cardenas, Burroughs, Howell. North Panel: Gaylord Perry, Fregosi, Kekich, Hargan, Moates, Umbarger, Wright, Brown. RSS: unidentified. East Panel: Smalley, Cubbage, Thomas, Jones, Grieve, unidentified (3). West Panel: Randall, Pruitt, Ferguson Jenkins, Gernert (coach), Spencer, Fahey, Nelson, Moore.

1987 Toronto Blue Jays team-signed creamy toned AOL/Brown ball with (28) signatures averaging (“8 to 9”).

Sweet Spot: Williams (mgr), South Panel: Gordon, Musselman, unidentified, Widmar (coach), Stieb, Leach, Moseby. North Panel: T. Craig (trainer), unidentified, Fred McGriff, Mulliniks, Beniquez, Key, Eichhorn. East Panel: G. Bell, Upshaw, Henke, Gruber, Whitt, Gaston (coach), G. Iorg, Smith (coach). West Panel: Barfield, unidentified, Phil Niekro, unidentified, Lavelle.

1991 New York Mets team-signed white ONL/White ball with (31) signatures averaging (“9-10”).

Sweet Spot: Cubbage (c/m). South Panel: McReynolds, Boston, Schourek, O'Brien, Elster, Coleman, Carr, Spencer. North Panel: Templeton, Paulick (coach), Innis, Donnels, Franco, H. Johnson, Jeffries, Simons. East Panel: Edwards (coach), Viola, Sasser, unidentified, Beatty, unidentified, Burke. West Panel: Cerone, Stottlemyre (coach), unidentified, Whitehurst, Hundley, unidentified Cone (clubhouse).

1991 New York Mets team-signed white ONL/White ball with (31) signatures averaging (“9-10”).

Sweet Spot: Cubbage (c/m). South Panel: unidentified, Templeton, Whitehurst, Franco, Innis, Carr, Donnels, unidentified, Simons, North Panel: McReynolds, Boston, Sasser, Hundley, O'Brien, Cone (clubhouse), Spencer. West Panel: Pavlick (coach), unidentified, Stottlemyre (coach), H. Johnson, A, Young, Elster, Burke. East Panel: Cerone, Viola, Schourek, Coleman, Beatty, Jeffries.

1991 New York Mets team-signed white ONL/White ball with (31) signatures averaging (“9-10”).

Sweet Spot: Cubbage (c/m). South Panel: Elster, unidentified, Schourek, Carr, Donnels, H. Johnson, Stottlemyre (coach), Simons, North Panel: McReynolds, Templeton, Whitehurst, Franco, Innis, Beatty, Coleman, Spencer, Jeffries. East Panel: unidentified, Viola, Hundley, O'Brien, Burke, A. Young, Cone (clubhouse). West Panel: Pavlick (coach), K. Miller, Boston, Sasser, Cerone.

1997 Houston Astros team-signed white ONL/Coleman ball with (31) signatures averaging (“8-9”).

Sweet Spot: Dierker (mgr). South Panel: Cruz (coach), Montgomery, McCraw (coach), Jeff Bagwell, Holt, unidentified, Cubbage, unidentified, Pena. North Panel: unidentified, Martin, R. Johnson, Magnante, Reynolds, Abreu, Eusebia, Boger. East Panel: Craig Biggio, Billy Wagner, unidentified, Cabrera, Kile, Lima. West Panel: Virdon (coach), Ausmus, unidentified, L. Gonzalez, Spiers,  unidentified (2).

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.