| DATE SHOT: 1950s SUBJECTS: Andy Seminick, Willie Mays, Don Mueller APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Andy Seminick. Don Mueller signature shown is a facsimile / IN the image. Seminick is the only hand-signed signature on this one. ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Signature is original, Photo is Type 4 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, in a later period SIGNERS: Andy Seminick CERTIFICATION: PSA/DNA #000000 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. This is one of a number of photos and ephemera to be offered this week which hail from the personal collection of All-Star player Andy Seminick. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. 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. Willie Howard (Jr.) Mays (Say Hey) was born in 1931 in Westfield, AL and died in 2024 in Palo Alto, CA. He played major league baseball from 1951 to 1973 as outfielder for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, appeared in the 1951, 1954, 1962 and 1973 World Series, was selected 20 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. Mays received the 1951 National League Rookie of the Year Award, was the National League MVP in 1954 and 1965, and was a 12-time Gold Glove winner. In 2007, Mays was voted onto the Rawlings All-Time Gold Glove Team, the player from the earliest era chosen. Willie Mays is one of the three or four players who are considered when observers try to decide who is the game's all-time greatest player. He was the complete player, with tremendous home run power, incredible fielding ability, a high batting average, good on-base percentage, great speed, and a nice guy. Mays once had a guest-starring role on The Donna Reed Show with his longtime rival, pitcher Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Each played himself. In keeping with his reputation for throwing high and tight, Drysdale threw one pitch that caused Mays to bend away to avoid being plunked. The plot concerned the players' competition to sign hot prospect Jeff Stone, Reed's son on the show, to one of their clubs. Actor Paul Petersen played the son. In keeping with the feel-good endings of 1960s sitcoms, Jeff elected to continue his education rather than seek a pro career. Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician) was born in 1927 in St. Louis, MO and died in 2011 in St. Louis, MO. He played major league baseball from 1948 to 1959 as outfielder for the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox, appeared in the 1954 World Series, and was selected in 1954 and 1955 as an All-Star. Mueller is the son of Walter Mueller, who was also a National League outfielder in the 1920's (for the Pittsburgh Pirates). SKU: XP12732
Item: XP12732
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