Trying to figure out couple signatures on a ball.

[photo111]

#2 Elroy Face.

[thecatspajamas]

#7 Hal Smith?

[dapro]

wow, you guys are good. It is kind of fun. Its like a puzzle. Thanks guy. Not sure how you guys figure out the Sisler and Boyer since its kind of faded. Think I will post the other panels later to see I can map the whole ball.

[dapro]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

#7 Hal Smith?

Lance, are you a signatures expert? Thanks a lot.

[thecatspajamas]

Far from it, but I've had a lot of team-signed balls that were much more faded than yours. Just calling them as I see them, and no guarantees on authenticity

Generally, if you can narrow down the teams/years, you can look at the rosters on baseball-reference.com for the ones you can only make out a few letters of and narrow it down by process of elimination. Sometimes all you can make out is a first and last letter, but when you see the name in the list, you have that "aha" moment and the rest becomes clearer. Then you can compare to known signatures of those players to double check and be sure. That's my usual process anyway.

Sometimes using a black light can help to pick out the really faded ones as well.

Good luck with the rest!

[dapro]

This might be the toughest of all the panels, South Panel.



1. Jack Meyer
2. Harvey Haddix (Pirates)
3. Bob Skinner (Pirates)
4. Vinegar Bend Mizell (Pirates)
5. Hector Lopez (Yankees)
6. Jim Coates (Yankees)
7. Gene Baker (Pirates)
8. Gil McDougald (Yankees)
9. Moose Skowron (Yankees)
side. Don Hoak (Pirates)

[Michael B]

#8 Gil McDougald. Below McDougald looks a bit like Moose Skowron

[dapro]

Originally Posted by Michael B

#8 Gil McDougald. Below McDougald looks a bit like Moose Skowron

Thanks!

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by dapro

This might be the toughest of all the panels, South Panel.



1.
2. Harvey Haddix (Pirates)
3. Bob Skinner (Pirates)
4. Vinegar Bend Mizell (Pirates)
5. Hector Lopez (Yankees)
6. Jim Coates (Yankees)
7. Gene Baker (Pirates)
8. Gil McDougald (Yankees)
9. Moose Skowron (Yankees)
side. Don Hoak (Pirates)

#1 looks like it could be intended to be Casey Stengel, but abbreviated to "Ca Steng". That's just going out on a limb based on the letters I see there though, as it doesn't look like any Stengel sig I've ever seen.

Your other missing sig, between the angle, the stamping it's written over, and the light signature, I can't even make out enough to hazard a guess.

[dapro]

Thank you all for your help. I have now completed this puzzle.