Buddy Lewis was a baseball-bashing Third Baseman for Washington who was eventually converted to a Right Fielder before World War 2.  He debuted as an 18-year old, ended up serving three years in the military and then came back in the latter half of the 1945 season and almost single-handedly willed the team to challenge the Tigers for the pennant, coming up just short. A wildly popular fan favorite, injuries took their toll and he was out of baseball after 1949. He's laid down a nice, dark signature in black, given a grade of 9 by PSA/DNA.  Some paper remnants from scrapbook removal are visible on the reverse.  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.