Box Score Game Card (1947) – WSFL0021

Box Score Game Card: WSFL0021
Card Date: October 3, 1947
Autograph(s): Phil Rizzuto (D) – HOF, Tommy Henrich (D).
Grade Value:  V1

Significance of autograph (very valuable):
A legendary game this was. For 8 2/3 innings, Yankee Billy Bevens held the Brooklyn Dodgers hitless; he was about to do what no other MLB player had done: throw the first no-hitter in World Series history.

The rest is history… Read the box score game article on the side above for the story. The autographs are a treasure: Phil Rizzuto not only made it to the Hall but was the voice of the Yankees for over 40 years, coining one of baseball’s most famous sayings, “Holy Cow… when something extraordinary happened in a game.  Tommy Henrich needs little introduction, as he was and still is considered one of the Yankees’ greatest clutch hitters.  Nickname “The Clutch’!
Phil Rizzuto – Wikipedia
Tommy Henrich – Wikipedia