How much is this autographed baseball worth?
The baseball has 27 signatures total on it. Most of them match the roster of the 1972 Cardinals. It took me a while to figure them all out but here is the list.
On the team:
Ted Simmons,
Mike Tyson,
Scipio Spinks,
Mick Kelleher,
Red Schoendienst (manager),
Lou Brock,
Ted Sizemore,
Jose Cruz,
Tom Murphy,
Dwain Anderson,
Ed Crosby,
Luis Melendez,
Bernie Carbo,
Joe Torre,
Bob Gibson,
Ken Reitz,
Jim Bibby,
Rick Wise,
Diego Segui,
Barney Schultz
also one signature is very hard to determine it is either John Cumberland or Reggie Cleveland.
Not on the team:
Dan Foster,
Wayne Gisug (sp?),
Tim McCarver,
Raymond Busse,
Greg Terlecky,
Bob Fenwick.
Thanks for you help also if you know who Wayne Gisug is or how it is actually spelled I would appreciate it.
Tom Murphy was on the Cardinals only during the 1973 season. The “Wayne Gusig” signature is probably Wayne Granger.
Brock and Gibson are in the Hall of Fame. Torre will be (as a manager). There are some famous signatures on that ball. Might be worth a lot to a diehard Cards fan. How much? I have no idea. At least several hundred dollars. How many balls exist with signatures of Gibson and Brock together?
See the link below for the ‘73 Cardinals roster.
FIrst Solo Flight John Wayne Airport SNA