Don Mincher 1969 Seattle Pilots 1970 Topps Autographed Baseball Card DECEASED

Description: Don Mincher Autographed 1970 Topps Baseball Card #185...DECEASED Great looking autographed autographed baseball card of former Seattle Pilot...Don Mincher...DECEASED. This is a nice looking autographed baseball card, which I had in my own personal collection. Over the past 30 years, I have accumulated a number of autographed baseball and football cards and now I am beginning to part with a few duplicates. DECEASED Great looking autographed baseball card signed in black. We have acquired these autographed cards either in person, thru the mail or as part of large autograph collection purchases. In most cases the autographed cards that we have are in excellent condition. If for some reason, you purchase an autographed baseball card and are not satisfied with the condition, you can return it in the same original condition for a full refund. We are putting together our own autographed card sets for our personal collection and these in inventory are duplicates. We intend on someday obtaining the other cards that we don't have in our own personal collection. The sale of any of these autographed cards will go back into financing our own autographed set collections. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... Donald Ray Mincher (June 24, 1938 – March 4, 2012[1]) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played from 1960–1972 for the original Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Seattle Pilots, Oakland Athletics, the new Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and again the Oakland Athletics, all of the American League.[2] Career During a 13-year baseball career, Mincher batted .249, hit 200 home runs, and collected 643 runs batted in. He was elected to the American League All-Star team twice (1967 and 1969). As one of two representatives for the Seattle Pilots in 1969 (their only season in existence before they became the Milwaukee Brewers), he also holds the distinction of being the only player to ever play in an All-Star Game as a Pilot; Mike Hegan also was selected to the team as a reserve, but did not appear in the game. The following season, Mincher slugged a career-high 27 homers as a member of the Oakland Athletics. Mincher served as the first president and general manager of the Huntsville Stars, the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland A's (1985–1998) and, later, the Milwaukee Brewers (1999–present).[3] He served in this role from 1985 until 2001. In 1994, Mincher and a group of local investors purchased the team from Larry Schmittou to keep baseball in Huntsville. In 2000, Mincher was named Interim President of the Southern League, where the Stars play, when league president Arnold Fielkow left for an executive position with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Mincher resigned from his position with the Stars when his group sold the team to Miles Prentice in early 2001. This cleared the way for the Southern League to remove the interim tag and they made him league president beginning with the 2001 season.[2] He served as league president until retiring in October 2011, at which point the league named him President-Emerius.[1] Mincher was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Though he never played for the team, the Huntsville Stars retired his number 5 in an on-field ceremony on June 6, 2008.[3] In 2010 he was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball. Mincher died after a long illness on March 4, 2012.[1]Records and Achievements On June 9, 1966, in the seventh inning of a game against the Kansas City Athletics, Mincher was one of five Twins players to hit home runs. The others were Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Rich Rollins and Zoilo Versalles. These five home runs still stand as a Major League record for the most home runs in a single inning, and were hit off starter Catfish Hunter (three) and reliever Paul Lindblad (two).[4] Mincher was one of only 21 players to hit a home run completely over the right-field roof and out of Tiger Stadium in Detroit during the 64-year history of its final configuration.[5] He accomplished the feat on August 23, 1964, as a member of the Minnesota Twins.[5] Lifetime guarantee in regards to the authenticity of this autographed baseball card which is being brought to you by Gearhart Enterprises, Inc. Member of the UACC. UACC Registered Dealer #RD189. Be sure to check out our other auctions. Thanks for bidding and enjoy! Winning bidder to pay thru PayPal. Payment must be received ten days from the end of the auction, or negative feedback will be left. To all winning bidders, positive feedback will be given shortly after receiving payment. Thanks!! On January-30-15 at 01:46:47 PDT, seller added the following information:

Price: 80 USD

Location: Rockford, Illinois

End Time: 2025-01-10T11:49:06.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD