| TEAM: Philadelphia Phillies SIGNERS: Andy Seminick, R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. APPROXIMATE SIZE: 17"x11" folded to 8-1/2"x11" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original CERTIFICATION: National League of Professional Baseball Leagues Uniform Player's Contract for Andy Seminick to play with the Philadelphia Phillies for a salary of $9,500 (with Special Covenant added 'You will receive five hundred dollars ($500.) extra when the attendance reaches 1,000,000 providing that you remain with the Philadelphia National League Club when the above attendance figures are reached.' This is the copy retained by Seminick in his personal files and hand-signed by president and owner R.R.M. Carpenter, Jr. COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signatures are guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for conition and signature quality. BIO: Andrew Wasil Seminick was born in 1920 in Pierce, WV and died in 2004 in Melbourne, FL. He played major league baseball from 1943 to 1957 as catcher for the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies, appeared in the 1950 World Series, and was selected in 1949 as an All-Star. After retiring, Seminick worked for the Philadelphia organization for the rest of his life. First, as a coach with the Phillies (1957-58), then managed 11 Phillies' minor-league teams (1959-66, 1970-73), and returned as a coach for the Phillies (1967-69). After that, he scouted and served as a roving minor-league instructor for the Phillies (1974 to mid-1980s). Notably, ninety of the players he managed or coached eventually played in the major leagues. In the 1990s, Seminick served as a catching instructor for Philadelphia in spring training and in the Florida Instructional League. Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter Jr. (Bob) was born in 1915 in Wilmington, DE and died in 1990 in Montchanin, DE. Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter Jr. was an American owner and club president of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. When he took command of the Phillies in November 1943 after his father and he purchased the franchise, the 28-year-old Carpenter became the youngest club president in baseball history. He became sole owner upon his father's death in 1949 and would serve as president of the Phillies until 1972, when his son succeeded him. The Carpenter family owned the Phillies from 1943 to 1981. SKU: XP13023
Item: XP13023
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