My name is Chris and I have been collecting baseball autographs by mail since March of 2001. This website is a log of the requests I have sent out and the successes I have gotten and the failures. I will try to update this site on a biweekly basis. I primarily request autographs of retired players.
My favorite baseball team is the Atlanta Braves and my favorite players of all time are Brett Butler , Dale Murphy ,both of whom I had the pleasure of seeing play for the Richmond Braves when I was young, and Cal Ripken who I met in person when he played for the Rochester Redwings.
Please excuse the sparse appearance of my site as it is a work in process and I am not an expert in HTML and don't have the resources to fully develop this site to its best potential. I currently update this site using a shared computer and do not have access to a scanner.
This is a list of my 10 favorite autographs in my collection
Duke Snider-Brooklyn Dodgers-Hall of Famer-2001 Bowman Rookie Reprint
Bobby Doerr-Boston Red Sox-Hall of Famer-HOF Plaque Postcard which he provided
Frank Crosetti-New York Yankees(1932-1968-Player and Coach)-Photo which he provided
Jim Kaat-Senators, Twins, White Sox, Phillies, Yankees, Cardinals-16 Gold Gloves-1988 Pacific Baseball Legends
Carl Erskine-Brooklyn Dodgers-1988 Pacific Baseball Legends
Hank Bauer-New York Yankees-2001 Bowman Rookie Reprint
Curt Schilling-Arizona Diamondbacks(2002 World Series)-1990 Topps
Ed & Johnny O'Brien-Pittsburgh Pirates-Twins-1953 Topps Reprints
Updates
01/13/06 - Been on a sabbatical for a while from sending out requests. Hope to start again soon when finances allow.
04/10/04-Rcvd 1 success today Wayne Causey (Orioles 1955-1957, Kansas City Athletics 1961-1966, White Sox 1966-1968, Angels 1968, Atlanta Braves 1968) signed 1 baseball card and 1 index card in 12 days from his home address.
04/06/04-Rcvd 1 success today Corky Valentine (Reds 1954-1955) signed 2 index cards in 8 days from his home address.
04/05/04-Rcvd 2 successes today Hal Keller (Washington Senators 1949-1950, 1952) signed 2 index cards in 7 days from his home address and Diego Segui (Kansas City Athletics 1962-1965, & 1967, Washington Senators 1966, Oakland Athletics 1968 & 1970-1972, Seattle Pilots 1969, Cardinals 1972-1973, Red Sox 1974-1975, Seattle Mariners 1977) signed 1 baseball card and 1 index card in 7 days from his home address.
03/27/04-Rcvd 2 successes today Skeeter Kell (Philadelphia Athletics 1952) signed 2 index cards in 10 days from his home address and Sam Chapman (Philadelphia Athletics 1938-1941 & 1945-1951, Indians 1951) signed 2 index cards in 164 days from his home address.
03/26/04Rcvd 1 success today Hillis Layne (Washington Senators 1941 & 1944-1945) signed 2 index cards and sent a nice note written on a third index card in 9 days from his home address
03/25/04-Rcvd 1 failure today Ron Hunt returned my cards with a note he would sign the Topps card I sent for $15.00 and The Pacific Baseball Legends Card for $50.00 because it was not authorized by him in 8 days from his home address.
03/23/04-Rcvd 3 successes today Virgil Jester (Boston Braves 1952, Milwaukee Braves 1953) signed 2 index cards in 6 days from his home address, Elmer Sexauer (Brooklyn Dodgers 1948) signed 1 index card and sent a signed photo which he provided in 25 days from his home address and Jake Striker (Indians 1959, White Sox 1960) signed 2 index cards in 6 days from his home address.
03/15/04-Rcvd 1 success today Charlie Cozart (Boston Braves 1945) signed 2 index cards in 27 days from his home address.
03/06/04-Rcvd 1 success today Annabelle Lee (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards in 98 days from her home address.
02/27/04-Rcvd 1 success today Ed Carnett (Boston Braves 1941, White Sox 1944, Indians 1945) signed 2 index cards in 10 days from his home address.
02/26/04-Rcvd 3 successes and 1 failure today Lary Sorenson (Brewers 1977-1980, Cardinals 1981, Indians 1982-1983, Oakland Athletics 1984, Cubs 1985, Expos 1987, San Francisco Giants 1988) signed 2 index cards in 22 days from his home address, Dorice Reid (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards in 9 days from her home address and Jean Marlowe (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card in 41 days from her home address. Inez Voyce (AAGPBL) returned my index cards unsigned with a note saying she does not sign blank index cards.
02/23/04-Rcvd 1 success today Terry Cooney (AL Umpire 1975-1992) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card and wrote me a short note which he signed.
02/20/04-Rcvd 1 success today Dick Adams (1947 Philadelphia Athletics) signed 1 index card in 3 days from his home address.
02/13/04-Rcvd 4 successes today
Randy Lerch (Phillies 1975-1980 & 1986, Brewers 1981-1982, Expos 1982-1983, San Francisco Giants 1983-1984) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card which he provided in 9 days from his home address.
Joe Tepsic (1946 Brooklyn Dodgers) signed 2 index cards in 9 days from his home address.
Jim Umbarger (Rangers 1975-1976, 1977-1978, Oakland Athletics 1977) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card which he provided in 9 days from his home address.
Gene Verble (Washington Senators 1951 & 1953) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed photo which he provided in 9 days from his home address.
02/12/04-Rcvd 1 success today Bill Valentine (AL Umpire 1963-1968) signed 2 index cards and sent 2 signed baseball cards which he provided in 8 days from his home address.
02/11/04-Rcvd 1 success today Bennie Huffman (St. Louis Browns 1937) signed 2 index cards in 7 days from his home address, this is my second success from Mr. Huffman as I had forgotten that I had sent an autograph request to him several months prior.
02/05/04-Rcvd 1 success today Magdalen Mamie Redman (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card in 20 days from her home address.
02/02/04-Rcvd 1 success today Wayne Twitchell (Brewers 1970, Phillies 1971-1977, Expos 1977-1978, Mets 1979) signed 1 baseball card in 21 days from his home address.
01/29/04-Rcvd 1 success today Chico Fernandez (Brooklyn Dodgers 1956, Phillies 1957-1959, Tigers 1960-1963, Mets 1963) signed 1 index card in 92 days from his home address.
01/24/04-Rcvd 3 successes today Chuck Harmon (Indianoplis Clowns 1947 (Negro League), Reds 1954-1956, Cardinals 1956-1957, Phillies 1957) signed 2 index cards in 72 days from his home address, Marie Red Mahoney (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card in 8 days from her home address and Don Gutteridge (Cardinals 1936-1940, St. Louis Browns 1942-1945, Red Sox 1946-1947, Pirates 1948) signed 2 index cards filled out my questionnaire and sent a signed baseball card in 12 days from his home address.
01/23/04-Rcvd 1 success today Sue Kidd (AAGPBL) returned my index cards unsigned but sent 2 signed baseball cards and a letter in 7 days from her home address.
01/21/04-Rcvd 1 success today Tony Lupien (Red Sox 1940 & 1942-1943, Phillies 1944-1945, White Sox 1948) signed 2 index cards in 9 days from his home address.
01/20/04-Rcvd 1 success today Ray Herbert (Tigers 1950-1951 & 1953-1954, Kansas City Athletics 1955 & 1958-1961, White Sox 1961-1964, Phillies 1965-1966) signed 1 index card and filled out my questionnaire in 8 days from his home address.
01/15/04-Rcvd 1 success today Dan Graham (Twins 1979, Orioles 1980-1981) signed 1 baseball card in 252 days from his home address.
01/09/04-Rcvd 1 success today Bob Lillis (L.A. Dodgers 1958-1961, Cardinals 1961, Houston Colt .45s 1962-1964, Astros 1965-1967) signed 2 index cards in 340 days from his home address.
01/08/04-Rcvd 2 successes today- Jim Breazeale (Atlanta Braves 1969, 1971-1972, White Sox 1978) kept my baseball card and signed my index card in 90 days from his home address and George Stone (Atlanta Braves 1967-1972, New York Mets 1973-1975 ) signed 1 baseball card and 1 index card in 171 days from his home address.
12/23/03-Rcvd 1 success today Steve Ridzik (Phillies 1950 & 1952-1955 & 1966, Reds 1955, New York Giants 1956-1957, Indians 1958, Washington Senators 1963-1965) signed 2 index cards and filled out my questionnaire in 120 days from his home address.
12/20/03-Rcvd 1 success today Gloria Cordes (AAGPBL) returned my index cards unsigned, but sent a signed baseball card in 47 days from her home address.
12/15/03-Rcvd 1 failure today Ewald Pyle returned my index cards unsigned and sent two pictures with preprinted autographs in 56 days from his home address.
12/13/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Delores Niemiec (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and sent a nice letter in 14 days from her home address and Tom Hausman (Brewers 1975-1976, Mets 1978-1982, Atlanta Braves 1982) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed photocopied picture in 14 days from his home address.
12/10/03-Rcvd 1 failure today Gary Gaetti request returned to sender unable to forward.
12/09/03-Rcvd 1 success today Ysora Chico Castillo (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards in 10 days from her home address.
12/06/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Larry Hardy (Padres 1974-1975, Astros 1976) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed postcard in 7 days from his home address and Jimy Williams (Cardinals 1966-1967: Manager-Blue Jays 1986-1989, Red Sox 1997-2001, Astros 2002-2003 ) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card in 7 days from his home address.
11/28/03-Rcvd 1 success today Louise Lou Arnold (AAGPBL 1948-1949 & 1951-1952) signed 1 baseball card and 1 index card and sent a nice letter in 25 days from her home address.
11/26/03-Rcvd 1 success today Frank Howard (Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-1964, Washington Senators 1965-1971, Texas Rangers 1972, Tigers 1972-1973) signed 1 baseball card in 11 days from his home address.
11/25/03-Rcvd 1 success today Morrie Martin (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Philadelphia Athletics 1951-1954, White Sox 1954-1956, Orioles 1956, Cardinals 1957-1958, Indians 1958, Cubs 1959) signed 1 baseball card in 117 days from his home address.
11/22/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Sophie Kurys (AAGPBL Stole 201 bases in 203 attempts in 1946 had 1114 career stolen bases) returned my index cards unsigned with a note saying she doesnt sign blank index cards but instead sent a signed baseball card in 7 days from her home address, and Thelma Tiby Eisen (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and sent 2 signed baseball cards which she supplied in 17 days from her home address.
11/20/03-Rcvd 1 success today Curt Simmons (Phillies 1947-1960, Cardinals 1960-1966, Cubs 1966-1967, California Angels 1967) signed 1 baseball card and 1 index card in 7 days from his home address.
11/17/03-Rcvd 1 success today Doris Cookie Cook (AAGPBL 1949-1953) signed 2 index cards in 12 days from her home address.
11/14/03-Rcvd 1 success today Alice Lefty Hohlmayer (AAGPBL- Kenosha Comets 1946-1948, Muskegon Lassies 1949, Kalamazoo Lassies 1950, Peoria Redwings 1950-1951) returned my index cards unsigned with a note saying she doesnt sign index cards but instead sent a sigend baseball card in 11 days from her home address.
11/13/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Eleanor Dapkus (AAGPBL-Racine Belles 1943-1950) signed 2 index cards and sent 2 signed baseball cards in 8 days from her home address and Lou Erickson (AAGPBL-Racine Belles 1948, Rockford Peaches 1949-1950) signed 2 index cards, sent 3 signed baseball cards and included a nice personal letter in 8 days from her home address.
11/12/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Vivian Kellogg (AAGPBL-Minneapolis Millerettes 1944, Fort Wayne Daisies 1945-1950) signed 2 index cards and sent a signed baseball card and responded with a nice letter in 9 days from her home address and Rollie Stiles (St. Louis Browns 1930-1931, 1933) signed 3 index cards in 14 days from his home address.
11/07/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Dottie Kamenshek (AAGPBL-Rockford Peaches 1943-1951 & 1953) returned my index cards unsigned with a note saying she doesnt sign blank index cards but sent a signed baseball card in 4 days from her home address and Barney Schultz (Cardinals 1955 & 1963-1965, Tigers 1959, Cubs 1961-1964) signed 2 index cards and filled out my brief questionnaire in 20 days from his home address.
11/06/03-Rcvd 1 success today Jean Pierre Roy (Brooklyn Dodgers 1946) signed 2 index cards in 8 days from his home address.
11/05/03-Rcvd 1 success today Howdy Groskloss (Pirates 1930-1932) signed 2 index cards in 7 days from his home address.
11/03/03-Rcvd 2 successes today Neil Berry (Tigers 1948-1952, St. Louis Browns 1953, White Sox 1953, Orioles 1954) signed 3 index cards in 19 days from his home address and Bennie Huffman (St. Louis Browns 1937) signed 2 index cards in 14 days from his home address.
11/01/03-Rcvd 1 success today Mildred Meacham (AAGPBL) signed 2 index cards and also sent a gigned baseball card which she provided and wrote a nice letter back in 24 days from her home address.
