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Lot 1330: Herb Score Advertising Poster

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Reserve: $300.00
Winning Bid: $574.83
Price Realized: $686.92
Auction Date:6/26/2005 9:00 PM EST

The saddest words of tongue or pen -- "What might have been" -- aren't on this framed Rawlings poster of a young Herb Score, but they may as well be. The young southpaw entered like a meteor in 1955, winning 16 games, striking out a a league-high, rookie record 245 and copping Rookie of the Year. The next year he won 20 with 263 K's and 5 shutouts. Then, on May 7, 1957, at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, the Yankees' Gil McDougald hit a liner that struck Score in the eye, nearly blinding him and ending his season. Though he returned to the mound in '58, he was never the same and became a journeyman, retiring in '62 to become the Indians' longtime play-by-play man. B&w poster of Score following through reads "Herb Score Fielders Gloves" in yellow with the Rawlings logo below. Mounted in a 31 x 40" frame and NRMT.

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