Baseball trivia

[neodetectorist]

Can anyone ID these baseball signatures?
They maybe anywhere from minor league to major but I am taking a shot.

 

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[Anduril]

"SAL" for South Atlantic League?

 

[DCMatt]

Is there a signature of the league president stamped on the ball? That might help narrow down a time frame.

 

[Mackaydon]

ROM = The Rome Braves are a Class A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia, to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. SAL South Atlantic League, yes, Anduril.

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[Plug N Play]

Rawlings Official Minor league ... ?

 

[DCMatt]

I can't get a definitive answer, but I think ROM = Rawlings Official Minor (league baseballs).

Edit - Ah. I see I'm late, as usual, to PnP's post.

 

[Anduril]

I can't get a definitive answer, but I think ROM = Rawlings Official Minor (league baseballs).

Edit - Ah. I see I'm late, as usual, to PnP's post.

After some further research, I conclude that the "ROM-SAL" is simply the Rawlings part number for the ball itself.
The "ROM" stands for "Rawlings Official Minor", and the "SAL" stands for "South Atlantic League".

FWIW: I also read that after 1977, American League balls were stamped in Blue ink, while Black ink was used for National League balls.
The ball in question here has blue ink.
Other than just mentioning the ink colors vs. date, I don't know what more to make of it.
Might not mean anything, since pre-1977, they had to stamp the balls with something..

 

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[Anduril]

Rawlings Official Minor league ... ?

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Not sure if I ever got around to posting an update on this one or not.. (Hurricane Dorian and all that.....)
Anyway, I also found images on Google of baseballs with RO, ROM-SAL, RO-A, and RO-N (and now Plug N Play's ROM-TL find).

But back to the original question: Who's signature(s), and is it valuable?
I can't make out either of the signatures.
With some research, I guess one could data-mine all the #15 players in the league over the various years, and see if any of them match up to what those letters on the 2nd signature might be?
I'm assuming it's two signatures. (??)