BUDDY HANCKEN SIGNED 3x5 Index Card (d.2007) 1940 Philadelphia Athletics

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3"x5"

MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Buddy Hancken

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original

COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition.

BIO: Morris Medlock Hancken was born in 1914 in Birmingham, AL and died in 2007 in Orange, TX. He went to college at Birmingham-Southern College. He played major league baseball for a single season in a single game in 1940 as catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. Hancken played in just one major league game, never getting a chance to bat. He had been brought to spring training in 1940 because he had experience catching knuckleballers, one year after playing for the Pacific Coast League Champions Seattle Rainiers in 1939. Unfortunately for him, the Philadelphia Athletics sent their two knuckleball pitchers down to the minors, and Hancken's skills were no longer needed. He was sent down to the Williamsport Grays in 1940 and the Buffalo Bisons in 1941. He then missed the 1942 through 1946 seasons due to voluntary retirement and military service. Hancken was a player/manager in the minors from 1947 to 1953. He scouted for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954-1959, the Washington Senators in 1960, Minnesota Twins in 1961, and New York Mets in 1962. He managed in the minors in 1963 and 1966-1967. Hancken was a Houston Astros coach from 1968 to 1972.

SKU: CL01536

Item: CL01536