Lot # 1390: Signed 1940 Play Ball #123 Oral Hildebrand - PSA NM-MT 8

Category: Autographed Cards

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 2 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/11/2024 12:00 AM to
3/30/2024 9:00 PM



Pitcher Oral Hildebrand enjoyed a nine year major league career, beginning his baseball career in 1930, after leading Butler University to the 1928 national collegiate basketball championship as that team's starting center.  By 1933 he was part of the Cleveland Indians rotation, and enjoyed his best season that year, going 16-11 with a 3.76 ERA.  Hildebrand died in 1977, making signed examples of his cards difficult.  This example of his signature has been graded NM-MT 8 by PSA/DNA.  The card originates from the Shibe Park collection of autographed cards, an original owner collection carefully collected by a teenage boy who, in 1939 and 1940, obtained many autographs from players arriving at the train station near Shibe Park, and continued for many years to obtain signatures in person and through the mail.

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