Major League Baseball shortstop, described as one of the greatest hitting shortstops ever, batting over .400 in every season through 1941. He retired with 1173 runs scored, 96 home runs, 926 RBI, 118 steals, a .318 batting average (the second highest mark for a Hall of Fame shortstop). At the age of 40, in 1952, while fishing in the ocean just off the coast of Eagleville, California, Vaughan and a friend were caught up in a storm, their boat sank, and the two men drowned. Rare vintage ink signature, “Arky Vaughan,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard (postmarked 9/21/1941), also signed by Frank Gustine, with clipped photos of each affixed next to their respective signatures. Light brush to last name, and small mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise fine condition. Auction LOA Steve Grad/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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