Presented is a Paul Waner single signed Official American League William Harridge baseball. Popularly known as “Big Poison” (his brother, Lloyd, was “Little Poison”), the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot).  Waner played for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most notably playing his first 15 seasons with the Pirates. The greatest Pirate outfielder up to his retirement, he won the 1927 NL Most Valuable Player Award in his second season, collecting a team record 237 hits that year. Waner set the team record for doubles in a season three times, including in 1932 when he set the NL record for doubles in a season with 62. In the only postseason appearance of his career, he hit .333 in the Pirates' 1927 World Series loss against the New York Yankees. Waner won three National League batting titles, led the NL in hits twice and collected over 200 hits in eight seasons from 1926 to 1934. This item comes with a LOA from Beckett Authentication which has graded the signature NM-MT 8.

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