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The Philadelphia Phillies.
$500.00
Lieb, Frederick G. and Baumgartner, Stan
G. P. Putnam’s Sons: New York (1953). Â First edition. Â Part of the “Putnam Sports Series”.
Signed by six members of the “Whiz Kids”, the 1950 Phillies team which, despite a number of young players, unexpectedly won the National League pennant before losing the World Series to the Yankees.
Players and their 1950 statistics are:
Robin Roberts, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976, winner of 20-games with a 3.02 ERA
Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame Center Fielder and two-time National League batting leader, hit .303
Del Ennis, Right Fielder who had more RBI than any player other than Stan Musial from 1949-1957, led the team with a .311 batting average, 31 home runs and 126 RBI
Curt Simmons, starting pitcher who went 17-8 with a 3.40 ERA
Eddie Waitkus, starting First Baseman, .284 batting average
Granny Hamner, .starting Shortstop, 270 batting average, 70 RBI
Mild toning to endpapers and pastedowns, a solid near fine copy in like dust wrapper
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