Pitcher Al Milnar's claim to fame is most likely being the pitcher that served up the pitch that extended Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak to 56 games in 1941.  Milnar struggled to regain his form after the war, as did many players of this era, playing parts of the 1946 season with St. Louis and Philadelphia, struggling through one season of minor league ball, before retiring.  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.