{"product_id":"1936-san-francisco-mission-reds-pcl-team-signed-auto-baseball-w-harry-krause-chink-outen","title":"1936 San Francisco Mission Reds PCL Team Signed AUTO Baseball \/w Harry Krause Chink Outen","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe 1936 San Francisco Missions finished 88–88, placing sixth in the Pacific Coast League. Managed by Willie Kamm, they played at Seals Stadium and remained overshadowed by the Seals. The roster included Eddie Joost, but the club lacked the consistency and drawing power to contend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOffered is a very nicely preserved Official Pacific Coast League (WC Tuttle – President) Wilson baseball signed by 22 members of the team in black steel tipped fountain pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIncludes many former and future Major League baseball players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLou Almada \u003c\/b\u003e(D. 2005) brother of Mel Almada (the first Mexican born player in the MLB).\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLou became a PCL lifer and was inducted into the PCL HOF in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBoom Boom Beck (D. 1987) played for the Browns, Dodgers, Phillies, Tigers, Reds, and Pirates for parts of the 1924-45 seasons.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe was a lifer and later became a pitching coach for the Washington Senators (1957-59)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClyde Beck (D. 1988) 1926-31) Cubs and Reds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Frankovich \u003c\/b\u003e(D. 1992) didn’t make it to the Big Leagues, but was a star football player at UCLA and later became a film actor (he was in the Abbott and Costello movie, Buck Privates) and later became a Hollywood producer and became head of Columbia Pictures (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDon Johnson (D. 2000) 2 X All-Star in the Majors, played for the Cubs from 1943-48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLloyd Johnson (D. 1980) played in one game for the 1934 Pirates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Joost\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillie Kamm\u003c\/b\u003e (manager) D. 1988\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Krause\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1940 at age 52 from a car accident) coach on the team, played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1908-12) played on the 1910 and 1911 World Series Championship teams.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe was the American League ERA leader in 1909.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Lamanske\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1971) played 2 games for the 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie Leishman\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1972) never made it to the Majors as a player, but is probably best known as the first General Manager of the San Diego Padres\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN;\"\u003eOtho Nitcholas\u003c\/span\u003e (D. 1986) member of the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWayne Osborne (D. 1987) Pirates, Boston Bees\/Braves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Chink Outen\u003c\/b\u003e (D.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e1961 at age 56) played for the 1933 Dodgers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1997) the son of Polish Jewish immigrants, Harry made it to the “Show” in 1930 with the New York Giatns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJoe Sprinz (D. 1994) Indians, Cardinals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Lefty Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1974) Tigers, Browns, Senators, Indians.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStewart is best known as the picher who gave up Babe Ruth’s 60\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Home Run during the 1927 season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJohn Stoneham (D. 2004) 1933 Chicago White Sox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHollis Thurston\u003c\/b\u003e (D. 1973) played in the big leagues from 1923-33 (with some stints down in the minors) for the Browns, White Sox, Senators, and Brooklyn Dodgers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMax West (D. 2003) 193848 Boston Braves, Reds, Pirates and 1940 All-Star selection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; 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