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12-02-2014, 10:49 AM

Scott Garner Scott Garner is offline

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HB "Dutch" Leonard signed GPC

I was able to recently scratch off one of the genuine toughees on my want list of early vintage no-hit pitcher signatures:

Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" or "HUB" Leonard (D-1952) pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers during his 13 year ML career. Dutch Leonard has the distinction of holding the lowest single season ERA in the modern era of baseball (post 1900). "HUB" had a microscopic ERA of 0.96 during his 1914 season with the Boston Red Sox.

Additionally, Leonard hurled the second ever no-hitter at historic Fenway Park on August 30, 1916. In his career, Leonard actually pitched two no-hitters, the second one on June 3, 1918 also with Boston.

Here is a picture of my HB "Dutch" Leonard 1948 GPC, a photo of Dutch from 1916 and an actual game ball that I own from Leonard's 1st no-hitter in 1916:

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	HB Dutch Leonard no-hitter game ball August 30, 1916-2 Ball given by Shorten.jpg (33.3 KB, 455 views)
	HB Dutch Leonard no-hitter game ball August 30, 1916.jpg (37.6 KB, 454 views)
	HB Dutch Leonard 1916 Louis Van Oeyen photo- front.jpg (67.8 KB, 455 views)
	HB Dutch Leonard 1948 signed GPC.jpg (39.1 KB, 454 views)

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