1945-46 St. Louis Brown Star Lou Finney signed VINTAGE autograph & photo set ---

Description: Check it out...Here's an UNCOMMON 8 1/2" tall by 11" wide AUTOGRAPH & photo of legendary 1945-46 St. Louis Browns star Lou Finney (Died in 1966)-The page features a VINTAGE red ink signature that looks like it was cut from a letter, notebook or card way back in the day and is tipped to a larger orange backer with a photo of Finney as a Browns player on front- Has tape staining in the corners, but still crisp & clear- (SEE PHOTOS FOR CLARIFICATION) - Comes from the collection of legendary Chicago area collector Marvin Hecht who collected autographs in the Chicagoland area for a half a century. What a great vintage item with a 100% authentic signature! This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 5.95 postage is required. 1945-46 St. Louis Brown Star Lou Finney signed VINTAGE autograph & photo set --- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's an UNCOMMON 8 1/2" tall by 11" wide AUTOGRAPH & photo of legendary 1945-46 St. Louis Browns star Lou Finney (Died in 1966)-The page features a VINTAGE red ink signature that looks like it was cut from a letter, notebook or card way back in the day and is tipped to a larger orange backer with a photo of Finney as a Browns player on front- Has tape staining in the corners, but still crisp & clear- (SEE PHOTOS FOR CLARIFICATION) - Comes from the collection of legendary Chicago area collector Marvin Hecht who collected autographs in the Chicagoland area for a half a century. Here's some info on Finney: Louis Klopsche Finney (August 13, 1910 – April 22, 1966) was an American professional baseball player. He spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the Philadelphia Athletics (1931; 1933–1939), Boston Red Sox (1939–1942; 1944–45), St. Louis Browns (1945–46), and Philadelphia Phillies (1947) as an outfielder and first baseman. Born in Buffalo, in Chambers County, Alabama, the left-handed-batting Finney stood 6 ft 0 in tall and weighed 180 lb. Finney was of Scotch-Irish descent; he was named in memory of Louis Klopsch, a German-American immigrant and founder of The Christian Herald magazine, who died in 1910. An older brother, Hal, was also a Major League player, a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lou Finney's professional baseball career began in the minor leagues in 1930; the next season, he was called up to the pennant-bound Athletics in September, and he batted .375 in nine games—including back-to-back three-hit outings against the Cleveland Indians on September 14–15. He did not appear in the 1931 World Series, which Philadelphia lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, and spent 1932 with the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League, batting .351 with 268 hits. Finney then split 1933 between the Athletics, getting into 74 games as a back-up outfielder, and the top-level Montreal Royals of the International League. In 1934, he made the Athletics for good, but the Mackmen were beginning a 13-year streak of futility that would see them plummet to the bottom of the American League standings nine times, including 1935, 1936 and 1938. Finney was the club's regular first baseman in both 1936 and 1938, batting .302 with 197 hits in the former year. Then, on May 8, 1939, his contract was purchased by the first division Red Sox. With Boston, Finney benefited from the batting tips offered by Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy, a veteran Red Sox scout and hitting instructor. He hit .325 in part-time service in 1939, then took over as the Red Sox' regular right fielder in 1940, with Ted Williams shifting to left field. Finney batted .320 with 171 hits, and was named to the 1940 American League All-Star Team. Finney held onto the Red Sox' right-fielder job in both 1941 and 1942, although his batting average dipped below .290 each season. With World War II raging, he spent the 1943 campaign working his Alabama farm before returning to the Majors for two full seasons (1944–45) and parts of 1946 and 1947. In 15 Major League seasons, Finney played in 1,270 games and had 4,631 at bats, 643 runs scored, 1,329 hits, 203 doubles, 85 triples, 31 home runs, 494 runs batted in, 39 stolen bases, 329 bases on balls, a .287 batting average, .336 on-base percentage, .388 slugging percentage, 1,795 total bases and 63 sacrifice hits. He led the American League in at bats (653) in 1936 and finished 29th in voting for the 1940 American League MVP Award for leading the AL in at bats per strikeout (41.1) Finney played and managed in minor league baseball after his final stint in MLB with the 1947 Phillies. He died from coronary thrombosis in LaFayette, Alabama, at the age of 55. What a great vintage item with a 100% authentic signature! This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 5.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. We will only ship Internationally by Priority Mail, and that starts at $30.00. 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Price: 26.99 USD

Location: Noblesville, Indiana

End Time: 2025-02-07T22:58:01.000Z

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