Lot # 1104: 1954 Chicago Cubs Team-Signed ONL/Giles Baseball with (25) Signatures Including Rookie Year Ernie Banks!

Finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1954, Ernie Banks went on to win 2 MVPs in his eighteen-year career with one team, earning him the name “Mr. Cub.”

With moderate to dark toning and mild scuffing, this ONL/Giles baseball has signatures averaging (“6 to 8”) that are all readable.

Sweet Spot: Stan Hack.

North Panel: Dee Fondy, Randy Jackson, Walker Cooper, Howie Pollet, Ralph Kiner (HOF), Steve Bilko, Joe Garagiola.

South Panel: Hank Sauer, Bob Rush, Ed Miksis, Hal Jeffcoat, Paul Minner, Dave Cole.

West Panel: Jim Brosnan, Clyde McCullough, Frank Baumholtz, Gene Baker, Ernie Banks (HOF, rookie year), Bill Serena, El Tappe.

East Panel: Warren Hacker, Johnny Klippstein, Jim Davis, Dutch Leonard.

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.