Vintage Chicago White Sox Team Baseball Autograph Year ID

While cleaning up my parent's house (they are moving) I found this old baseball. This used to be sitting on my grandma's shelf. My dad said that it was probably signed by the 1930s/1940s Chicago White Sox MLB team.

I was just wondering if anyone knew exactly what year this is/who signed this baseball?

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 25, 2020 at 8:48am

Are you sure that all of the siignatures were from a single season? While you have long standing Sox players like Luke Appling (1930-1950) and Ted Lyons (1923-1942), a few players had a much shorter tenure. Monte Stratten played from 1934-1938 and Pete Appleton (Jablonowski) only played from 1940-1942. The lack of overlap confuses me although it is possible that I am wrong about Appleton’s signature.

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Permalink Reply by John T. Oak on July 25, 2020 at 9:05am

I am not 100 percent sure the history behind this :( So I am not sure.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 25, 2020 at 9:00am

Could you take a closeup of the signature below Monty Stratten, please?

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Permalink Reply by John T. Oak on July 25, 2020 at 9:06am

Unfortunately, this is back at my parent's house so it may be a bit before I can do that :( So sorry!

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 25, 2020 at 2:43pm

1940. Stratton was a coach.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 25, 2020 at 6:43pm

That would explain it, terrier. Well done.

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Permalink Reply by John T. Oak on July 30, 2020 at 2:41pm

I did ask more history behind this ball. Apparently my great-grandfather managed a famous country club in Chicago in the 30s/40s. Lots of famous people came (including the White Sox and he got their autos. So it might not be the same year!