The 1950 San Francisco Seals finished 100–100 under manager Lefty O’Doul, powered by star slugger Les Fleming, who hit 25 homers with 138 RBI and a .292 average, and Dino Restelli’s added power. Chet Johnson led the pitching staff with 22 wins, supported by Al Lien and Manny Pérez, who posted a 3.33 ERA. Backed by a roster filled with future or former major leaguers, the Seals drew over 377,000 fans to Seals Stadium.
Offered is a creamy colored slightly toned Wison Official Pacific Coast League baseball (we with 20 autographs that we’d rate 8-9/10 (in black steel tipped pen). Some Super Tough signatures on this ball!
In an unknown hand on the side panel, one of the players wrote, “For Laverne – with sincere regards to our Ex-Girlfriend. From your Broken Hearted EX-Best Friends – Seals 1950.”
Includes former or future Major League ball players (all of the names listed played in the Big Leagues at one point in time:
Ralph Buxton
Harry Feldman (D. 1962 at age 42) played for the NY Giants from 1941-46. Feldman earned his first major league win in his second start, throwing a 4–0 shutout against the Boston Braves in the second game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds on September 21, 1941. With All-Star catcher Harry Danning working behind the plate, the game is believed to feature the first all-Jewish battery in Major League Baseball history.
Les Fleming (D. 1980 at age 64)
Joe Grace (D. 1969 at age 55 in a car accident)
Chet Johnson (D. 1983)
Dario Lodigiani
Cliff Melton (D. 1986)
Dave Melton
Steve Nagy
Lefty O’Doul D. 1969
Dino Restelli
Jackie Tobin (d. 1982 at age 61)
Don White
Dick Young
Additionally signed by the team trainer – Leo Doc Hughes
