Autographed Baseball Cards A-Z

When I got back into collecting five or so years ago one of the things that excited me was the availability of autographed cards.  Perhaps I went a little overboard but I think I picked up some nice cards.  This will be an A-Z series of posts with varying numbers of cards.

2004 UD Timeless Teams #134

Rawly is part of my Big Red Machine collection.  He was instrumental in both the 1975 and 76 championships seasons, winning two games and saving one in the 1975 WS.

2005 UD Sweet Spot Classic #DE

2005 UD Decades #SD-DE

"the Eck".  Hall of Famer.  Great signature.  Gotta have him in the collection.

1997 Donruss Signature Series

I got this card cheap from COMC.  The card itself is nice particularly with the self referential (kind of) photo on the back.  Jimmy has a weird signature.  "Don't touch Jimmy!"

2001 Fleer GOTG 

We had the "Eck", here's the "Oisk".  Greak signature from one of the legendary "Boys of Summer".  Love it.

1999 Fleer GOTG

When of the premier 3rd basemen of his era, when he reached 400 home runs it still meant something.

Topps All-Time Fan Favorites Favorites C-F

Topps put out 150 card sets of retired players in 2003-2004-2005. Players are pictured on card designs from their playing days but with different photos than were in the originals. Here are my favorites, alphabetically.

2003 #7

Love this image. The card design is 1977 and so is the Time magazine.

2004 #106

What better year's design, 1968, for Tiger great Norm Cash. He hit .385 in the Series for the World Champions.

2005 #112

12 seasons with the Cubs deserves a spot here.

Shawon's lifetime average was just nine points lower. If you're from Chicago and are old enough you'll remember the Shawon-O-Meter.

2004 #103

Dennis looks cool here. I like the flash lighting and the clouds in the background. It's a big improvement over the original from 1979:

2005#15

It's John Elway playing baseball. Guess he made the right choice.

2005 #24

One of the "Boys of Summer", Carl Erskine.

What is this over Carl's right shoulder?

2004 #56

One of the great names, "Elroy Face". Aside from being a great pitcher Roy looks like he would have made a great character actor, don't you think?

2005 #88
Just a terrific looking card!

Here's the original photograph:

2003 #110

Pretty much any Rollie Fingers card would be here. This one looks like classic Rollie. Better than the original 1973?

2003 #21

This is a 1976 design but the picture of a young Carlton Fisk is from no later than 1972. I like the big catchers mitt and the distant look.

2005 #120

Pal to Mantle and Berra, HOFer, the "Chairman of the Board", Whitey Ford. A classic card of a classic player.