Lot Essay
W.Harridge American League baseball in off white coloration featuring a pronounced blue ink signature from Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey across the sweet spot. Autographs rates 9 out of 10. Rixey was a stellar moundsman for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds compiling a career total of 266 wins which at the point of his retirement was a record for left-handed pitcher. Rixey was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1953 by the Veterans Committee and passed away in the very same year. Given his the overlap of his Hall of Fame election and passing Rixey is noted as one of the toughest Hall of Fame pitchers of his era to locate in the medium of single signature baseball. Assuredly one of, if not the, finest Rixey single signed baseballs extant. Includes full LOA from PSA/DNA (8 NM-MT): Ball: NM-MT, Signature: MT