DALE MITCHELL 1948 1949 Leaf Gum #165 SP SGC 1 SHORT PRINT CLEVELAND INDIANS

Description: * * * * Item Description: You are bidding on a Professionally Graded DALE MITCHELL 1948 Leaf Gum Baseball #165 SP SGC 1 SHORT PRINT CLEVELAND INDIANS. This is one of the many rare short printed cards from the set. Mitchell batted .312 over the course of his career, most of which was spent with the Cleveland Indians. He was a 2x All Star and key part of the 1948 World Series Championship team. Nice card from a classic vintage set, Thanks for looking and good luck! About the Set: The iconic 1948 Leaf baseball card set is a classic vintage set that features rookie cards of several legendary Hall of Fame players. The set contains 98 cards, each measuring 2 3/8"x2 7/8", and is the first post World War II set produced in color. The cards are "skip-numbered" and the numbering ranges from 1 to 168, even though there were only 98 cards in the set. Rookie cards of Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige are the keys to the set, but it also contains rookie cards of Hall of Famers Stan Musial, Phil Rizzuto, Warren Spahn, Ralph Kiner, Hal Newhouser, Larry Doby, & George Kell. Other key cards include Joe Dimaggio (#1 in the set), Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and tribute cards to Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner. In addition, 49 cards in the set are considered short prints. The short prints range from Hall of Famers such as Paige and Robinson to more average players such as Harry Walker and Dick Sisler, and are all highly sought after. About Us: Welcome to iconsportscards. I specialize in vintage sets and factory certified autograph and memorabilia cards from Hall of Fame greats. I pride myself on customer satisfaction, and providing a quality product at a reasonable price. Best offers are welcome on many of my items, and I'm always happy to help a customer work out a deal, so please do not hesitiate to contact me if you see anything you like from my Ebay Store. Thank you for your time, Chris, iconsportscards All sportscard singles ship for one low rate, no matter how many items you buy! Welcome! Please take a moment to view my other items: Shipping and Handling: Item will be packaged carefully and shipped securely. All graded cards will be secured with rigid cardboard inserts. All non-graded cards will be shipped securely in a penny sleeve and top-loader. All sportscard singles ship for one low rate, no matter how many items you buy! Combined shipping rates on lots may vary. Thanks! Thanks for checking out my auction, and good luck! Dale Mitchell (baseball) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dale Mitchell Mitchell in about 1953 Left fielder Born: August 23, 1921Colony, Oklahoma Died: January 5, 1987 (aged 65)Tulsa, Oklahoma Batted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut September 15, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians Last MLB appearance September 26, 1956, for the Brooklyn Dodgers MLB statistics Batting average .312 Home runs 41 Runs batted in 403 Teams Cleveland Indians (1946–1956) Brooklyn Dodgers (1956) Career highlights and awards 2× All-Star (1949, 1952) World Series champion (1948) Loren Dale Mitchell (August 23, 1921 – January 5, 1987) was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1946 to 1956 for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers.[1] A native of Colony, Oklahoma, he threw and batted left-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg). Career Mitchell was a standout at the University of Oklahoma from 1942 to 1946, with a career batting average of .467 and a senior season average of .507. Both marks are still Sooner records. Mainly a line drive hitter to all parts of the field, Mitchell hit .432 in 11 games for the Indians in his rookie season in 1946. He became a regular in 1947 and hit .300 or better six of the next seven seasons. In 1948, Mitchell hit for a career-high .336 average, had 203 hits, led the league in singles (162), and led the Indians to victory in the 1948 World Series. He finished third in the 1948 American League batting race behind Ted Williams (.369) and Lou Boudreau (.355). In 1949, Mitchell led the AL in hits (203), singles (161) and triples (23), struck out only 11 times in 640 at-bats, and made his first appearance in the All-Star Game. He received his second All-Star nod in 1952, and in 1954 led the Indians to an AL record 111 wins in a 154-game season and the American League pennant. Mitchell posted a career .312 batting average, 41 home runs and 403 RBIs in eleven seasons in major league baseball. For the period between 1943 and 1960, only Williams and Stan Musial hit for higher averages. A good contact hitter as well, he struck out only 119 times in 3,984 at-bats and received 346 walks, for an outstanding 2.91 walk-to-strikeout ratio, the eighth best ratio in major league history. He compiled a .985 fielding percentage in the majors. Mitchell played for the Cleveland Indians in all but 19 of the 1127 regular-season games in which he appeared. Near the end of the 1956 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers purchased Mitchell's contract from Cleveland. Mitchell is perhaps best remembered, however unfairly, for making the final out in Don Larsen's perfect game during Game 5 of the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees against Mitchell's new team, the Dodgers. Mitchell, pinch-hitting for Brooklyn pitcher Sal Maglie, took a called third strike to end the only perfect game in Series history. Mitchell, who is tied for seventh place as one of the all-time toughest hitters to strike out (34-1 ratio), always maintained that the third strike he took was really a ball.[citation needed] The Dodgers would go on to lose the series in seven games, and Mitchell retired afterward. Dale Mitchell died from a heart attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1987 at the age of 65. The L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park at the University of Oklahoma is named in his honor. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

Price: 144.95 USD

Location: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

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