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1970s Baseball Autograph Book w/Mays, Brock, Marichal, McCovey, Berra + 66 others

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From what I've been able to figure out, this is largely Giants, Cardinals, and Mets and autos that were likely acquired in AZ during spring training in the early to mid 1970s. This was purchased from a local AZ collector about a decade ago and as far as I know has never been publicly offered. The original owner's name and address is filled in on the "This book belongs to" page, but I won't post scans of that portion. Book measures approx 6x5", with pages inside measuring 5.25x4.5".

This was my research done several years back, in trying to date the book and identify all the autos. Some are still unknown to me. There are no actual page numbers in the book, I just needed some sort of reference to indicate some signatures are on front/back of the same page, so if you're looking to make cuts from this, page 2 is on the back of page 1, page 4 is the back of page 3, etc. and you might have to destroy some autos to get prime cuts. Most of the autos on the early pages are annotated with who signed, but many of the later pages are not. I've included scans of what I consider to be the key pages, but if you would like to see any others, just let me know.

Pages.
1 - Chris Speier - Shortstop Giants/Expos/Cardinals/Twins/Cubs, Tito Fuentes - 2B Giants/Padres/Tigers/Athletics
2 - Gary Maddox - CF Giants/Phillies
3 - Randy Moffitt - P Giants/Astros/Blue Jays, Jim Willoughby - P Giants/Red Sox/White Sox
4 - Ed Kranepool - 1B Mets
5 - d flower?, Elias Sosa - P Giants/Cardinals/Braves/Dodgers/Athletics/Expos/Tigers/Padres
6 - Ed Yost - 3B Senators/Tigers/Angels, Ron Hodges C Mets
7 - Dave Rader - C Giants/Cardinals/Cubs/Phillies/Red Sox, Mike Phillips - SS/2B/3B Giants/Mets/Cardinals/Padres/Expos, Gary Thomasson - OF Giants/Athletics/Yankees/Dodgers
8 - Bobby Bonds - OF Giants/Yankees/Angels/White Sox/Rangers/Indians/Cardinals/Cubs
9 - Ed Goodson - 1B/3B Giants/Braves/Dodgers, Mike Sadek - C Giants
10 - Phil Henningan - P Indians/Mets
11 - Ron Bryant - P Giants/Cardinals
12 - Chris Arnold - IF Giants, Don Carrithers - P Giants/Expos/Twins
13 - Jim Barr - P Giants/Angels, Joe Amalfitano - 2B Giants/Colt45s/Cubs
14 - blank

15 - Elias Sosa - See 5, Tom Bradley - Angels/White Sox/Giants, Juan Marichal - P Giants/Red Sox/Dodgers
16 - Jim Howarth - OF Giants
17 - Charlie Williams - P Mets/Giants
18 - George Theodore - OF Mets
19 - Charlie Fox - C Giants (DEC)
20 - Wayne Garrett - 2B/3B Mets/Expos/Cardinals

21 - Willie McCovey - 1B Giants/Padres/Athletics (HOF)
22 - Buzz Capra - P Mets/Braves
23 - Dave Kingman - LF/1B/DH Giants/Mets/Padres/Angels/Yankees/Cubs/Athletics (3xAll-Star, only player to hit more than 400 HR and not in HOF)
24 - Harry Parker - P Mets
25 - George Stone - P Braves/Mets
26 -** Jim McAndrew** - P Mets/Padres
27 - Don Hahn - P Expos/Mets/Phillies/Cardinals/Padres
28 - Duffy Dyer - C Mets/Pirates/Expos/Tigers
29 - Tug Mcgraw - P Mets/Phillies
30 - Felix Millian - 2B Braves/Mets (3xAll-Star, 2xGoldGlove)
31 - Jim Beauchamp - OF/1B Cardinals/Astros/Braves/Reds/Mets (DEC, 1963 Texas League MVP)
32 - blank

33 - Yogi Berra - C/OF Yankees/Mets (HOF)
34 - Tom Seaver - P Mets/Reds/White Sox/Red Sox (HOF)

35 - John Milner - 1B/LF Mets/Pirates/Expos (DEC)
36 - to billy best wishes Buzz Capra - See 22
37 - Gary Matthews - LF/RF Giants/Braves/Phillies/Cubs/Mariners
38 - Ed Kranpepool

39 - Willie Mays - CF Giants/Mets (HOF)
40 - blank
41 - Reggie Cleveland - P Cardinals/Red Sox/Rangers/Brewers
42 - Joe Torre - C/1B/3B Braves/Cardinals/Mets

43 - Scipio Spinks - P Astros/Cardinals
44 - Lou Brock - LF Cubs/Cardinals (HOF)

45 - Bernie Carbo - OF Reds/Cardinals/Red Sox/Brewers/Indians (Red Sox HOF), Al Hrabosky - P Cardinals/Royals/Braves
46 - Alan Foster - P Dodgers/Indians/Angels/Cardinals/Padres
47 - Rich Folkers - P Mets/Cardinals/Padres/Brewers
48 - tony aafen?, Tom Murphy - P Angels/Royals/Cardinals/Brewers/Red Sox/Blue Jays
49 - Ken Reitz - 3B Cardinals/Giants/Cubs/Pirates, Diego Segui - P Athletics/Senators/Pilots/Cardinals/Red Sox/Mariners (Hispanic Heritage Museum HOF)
50 - blank
51 - Orlando Pena - P Reds/Athletics/Tigers/Indians/Pirates/Orioles/Cardinals/Angels
52 - Johnny Lewis - OF Cardinals/Mets

53 - Ted Simmons (not positive on this identification) - C Cardinals/Brewers/Braves
54 - Mike Tyson - IF Cardinals/Cubs
55 - Bill Stein - IF - Cardinals/White Sox/Mariners/Rangers, Wayne Granger - P Cardinals/Reds/Twins/Yankees/White Sox/Astros/Expos
56 - Luis Melendez - OF Cardinals/Padres, Mike Thompson - P Senators/Cardinals/Braves
57 - Jose Cruz - Cardinals/Astros/Yankees, Bill Stein - See 55
58 - Tim McCarver - C Cardinals/Phillies/Expos/Red Sox
59-end blank

Asking $750 OBO dlvd, Paypal or Venmo preferred, will consider other payment options. I'm not really sure how to price a unique item like this, so if I'm way off, let me know. Will be shipped wrapped, boxed, and placed in a USPS Priority Bubble Mailer. Plenty of forum references available on request.

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