Description
Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Woodie Held. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). “He inscribed the ball Woodie Held and his number 27”. The ball itself shows toning from age.
Woodie Held played shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels and Chicago White Sox. He batted and threw right-handed. His last name was originally Heldt, but later changed it to Held due to confusion pronouncing his name. He was the first Indians’ shortstop to hit at least 20 homers in a season, achieving it in each of three consecutive years and had possessed the team’s career record for most home runs by a shortstop with 85. Held’s 14-season career, he posted a .240 batting average with 179 home runs and 559 runs batted in (RBI) in 1,390 games played.
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