Rare 1950 Pre-Rookie Mickey Mantle Autograph
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This is certainly the first one of these we’ve encountered— a unique grouping of autographs of the 1950 Yankees team featuring Mickey Mantle before he was brought up to the major leagues. Clearly, this autograph book hails from spring training that year when he was just a teenager, at 19 years old. After a brief few weeks, he was sent down to the Joplin (Missouri) Miners farm team, his last stop before his 1951 rookie season the following year. While at Joplin, Mantle won the 1950 batting title with a .383 average and 136 RBI. In July of 1950, he was also rejected by the army and declared 4F—quite remarkable in and of itself.  

The autographs—30 in total—were obtained in person by the Yankees bus driver at the Welcome Home Dinner in April, with his notations, address and name included in this booklet. In addition to Mickey Mantle, all the stars are here, including Hall of Famers Mel Allen (signed three times) and Dizzy Dean, who were their radio announcers in 1950. Other signers include manager Casey Stengel, Joe DiMaggio in his final great season, Yogi Berra, rookies Billy Martin and Jackie Jensen (rare), Johnny Mize, coach Bill Dickey, Hank Bauer, Tommy Henrich, Jerry Coleman, Cliff Mapes (who wore uniform number 7 that year), Ralph Houk, Eddie Lopat, Vic Raschi, longtime trainer Gus Mauch, and closer Joe Page.

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