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Lot #9048
Gil Hodges 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers Signed Player Contract

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Estimate: $750+
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Contract, signed “Gilbert Ray Hodges,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11, February 24, 1949. National League uniform player’s contract in which Gil Hodges agrees to render "skilled services as a baseball player during the year 1949" for the Brooklyn Dodgers, for a salary of $8,250. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Hodges. In fine condition. "Skilled services" he did render as he played all 156 games at first base for the Bums en route to a World Series appearance that fall. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Sports
  • Dates: #542 - Ended February 21, 2019