HIGHLY DESIRABLE

BECKETT AUTHENTICATED AND ENCASED

2011 SP LEGENDARY CUTS

03/17

LEGENDARY CUT SIGNATURES

OF

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

GREAT

GLENN WRIGHT

NUMBERED 03/17 MADE

PLAYED IN MAJORS: 1924-1935

DECEASED: 1984

 

1925 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

HIS ROOKIE YEAR HE SET THE RECORD FOR MOST ASSIST (601) IN A SEASON THAT STOOD FOR 56 YEARS UNTIL OZZIE SMITH BROKE IT IN 1980

MAY 7, 1925, HE RECORDED AN UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY AGAINST THE CARDINALS, TAGGING OUT JIMMY COONEY AND FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS JIM BOTTOMLEY AND ROGERS HORNSBY

HE FINISHED 4TH IN MVP BALLOTING IN 1925 BEHIND HORNSBY, KIKI CUYLER AND GEORGE KELLY

IN THE 1925 WORLD SERIES HE HOMERED OF HALL OF FAME SPITBALLER STAN COVELESKI IN GAME TWO

HE WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE PIRATES 1925 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

CONSIDERED A PREMIER SHORTSTOP OF HIS GENERRATION, WRIGHT SUFFERED A MAJOR INJURY TO HIS SHOULDER IN 1929 WHICH PLAGUED HIM FROM THEN ON AND CONTRIBUTED TO HIS RELATIVELY SHORT CAREER

AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE SHOULDER INJURY IN 1930 WITH BROOKLYN DODGERS HE HIT .321 WITH 22 HOME RUNS, 126 RBI’s AND SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OF .543

HIS 22 HOME RUNS IN 1930 WERE A NL SINGLE SEASON RECORD FOR SHORTSTOPS UNTIL 1953 WHEN ALVIN DARK HIT 23 FOR THE GIANTS

 

The Cut Signature is certified as authentic by both BAS (Beckett Authentication Services) & Upper Deck (UDA). It includes a Certificate of Authenticity from Upper Deck on the back of the card and it’s Certified Authentic and Encased by Beckett.

 

The Beckett Authentication Number is: 00016735477

 

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