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04-11-2020, 09:42 AM
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Houston Colt .45 Autograph?
Tough mystery! I got this 1962 Houston Colt .45 Inaugural Facimile ball on ebay. Love it. I can easily get 24 of 25 autos identified. The one in the photo (above the ink) is a mystery. I checked all the players and managers on the roster. All the players I could find that may have only been there a day. I have tried bat boys, owners, radio broadcaster (English and Spanish). I am stumped
Maybe someone or a .45s fan can figure it out? I don't know what the smudges blue ink name is either. I figure maybe a kid wrote it in? This is a souvenir ball...so it shouldn't be this hard, right? ;-( Thanks, casey Last edited by Case12; 04-11-2020 at 09:47 AM. 
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04-11-2020, 10:36 PM
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It almost looks like it could be a manufacturing defect...have you checked against the roster as to who is missing? Looks like someone wrote Russ Kemmerer below the mystery sig.
Last edited by MooseDog; 04-11-2020 at 10:36 PM.
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04-11-2020, 10:47 PM
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Ken Johnson
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04-12-2020, 10:13 AM
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I think you may be right about someone writing Russ Kemmer except Russ' autograph is already on another side of the ball. Guess that is the mystery.
Yes, I have gone through the roster. Actually have most all of the players autographs on other things. None look like this. Ken Johnson is not elsewhere on the ball, but his signature is so different, and not this long. As for a misprint. What would do that? (BTW, how were these fax balls printed in early 60's?). Did someone put the wrong rubber stamp? Ha, ha. This really has me stumped... Last edited by Case12; 04-12-2020 at 10:31 AM.
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04-12-2020, 10:59 AM
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I doubt that all of those souvenir balls were actually rubber stamped. More likely the autographs were affixed on the two individual panels by some sort of printing process. then stitched together. You notice on some of these the autograph overlaps the seam but there is no ink on the seam. Whatever the process was could have created the issue.
I kinda agree with BillyCox that it might be Ken Johnson, mangled. Suppose if you could find another 1962 souvenir ball you'd have your answer.
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04-12-2020, 11:03 AM
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100% Ken Johnson. Believe it or don't believe it, that's who it is.
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05-07-2020, 01:59 PM
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What a unique autograph! I though Luis Aparicio had the most breaks for a baseball signature
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