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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1908-1909
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MANUFACTURER
- Reach
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LEAGUE
PRESIDENT -
Ban
Johnson
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SIZE
- 9
inches - 9" - 5 ounces
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PRICE GUIDE
- $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition
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The sweet spot stamping, "OFFICIAL
AMERICAN LEAGUE," the Reach logo on the
top north panel, and the bottom south
specs panel, "Warranted" "5 oz. 9 in."
and "1 oz. Rubber" is relatively the
same as the years before 1901-1907.
Some baseballs made in 1908 and in 1909
have the league president's Ban Johnson
signature stamped on the east panel
with the year "1908" or "1909"
accordingly, below the name.
Another distinction for baseballs made for the 1908 and 1909 seasons is
the "PATENT APPLIED FOR." For the
1908 baseballs the stamp is usually
found on the east panel. The baseballs
made for the 1909 season have the
"PATENT APPLIED FOR" stamp below "1 OZ.
Rubber on the Specs panel. The patent
no. 917,658 application was filed, and
applied for on September 30, 1907, for
the rubber center. It was granted on
April 6, 1909. It is not until 1910
that the baseballs are stamped with the
April 6, 1909 patent, on the sweet spot
below American League. Theses unique
stampings that appear on the 1908 and
1909 baseballs are the only way to
distinguish them from the 1901-1907
baseballs.
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1908 Reach Official
American League Baseball |
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| 1908 Reach Official American League Baseball Logo |
1908 Reach OAL Baseball 'Patent Applied for' stamp |
1908 Reach Official American League Baseball Specs |
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