Autographed Baseball ID help

abcoltsfan

I received a baseball from my brother who got this baseball at a farmers market. He said he was told by the seller that it was autographed by the Minnesota Twins in the 1960s. I don't recognize any of the names and as you can see most of the names are severally deteriorated. I was hoping a few members might be able to help me out. Also, do you think this is even worth getting authenticated? I appreciate any opinions.

Thanks,
Aaron

mccardguy1

Based on the names I see (Rick Renick, Paul Ratliff and Rich Reese) I am going to go out on a limb and say this is a 1970 Minnesota Twins baseball but I need to do some more checking to be sure as some other names are just not adding up. This is a souvenir ball meaning all the autographs are done by a machine and have no huge value. Perhaps $25 to $50 bucks to the right buyer.

OK...need to revise my above comment. This is likely NOT a Twins ball but perhaps a minor league ball. Its still a souvenir but I Will have to keep digging to find out exactly what it is.

abcoltsfan

@mccardguy1 said:
Based on the names I see (Rick Renick, Paul Ratliff and Rich Reese) I am going to go out on a limb and say this is a 1970 Minnesota Twins baseball but I need to do some more checking to be sure as some other names are just not adding up. This is a souvenir ball meaning all the autographs are done by a machine and have no huge value. Perhaps $25 to $50 bucks to the right buyer.

Appreciate it. It makes sense as far as value goes. He told me he bought the ball for like $10 or something close to it.

mccardguy1

After doing some research it appears you have a 1966 Denver Bears minor league souvenir baseball on your hands.
The link below is the roster for this team which I believe you should be able to match up the names fairly easily. This ball may have a bit more value than what I quoted above but I don't know minor league items all that well so the best way is to do some research on the team's memorabilia and see what you can find.

https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/roster/t-db11229/y-1966

1963ellsworth22and10

Edited, late as usual.

abcoltsfan

Thanks!

daltex

@abcoltsfan said:
I received a baseball from my brother who got this baseball at a farmers market. He said he was told by the seller that it was autographed by the Minnesota Twins in the 1960s. I don't recognize any of the names and as you can see most of the names are severally deteriorated. I was hoping a few members might be able to help me out. Also, do you think this is even worth getting authenticated? I appreciate any opinions.

Thanks,
Aaron

Isn't that the only guy to pinch hit for Ted Williams? I'm told he was also the only guy to pinch hit for Carl Yastrzemski as well.