Need help with sig on baseball

[jtw1313]

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[jtw1313]

Found in Cleveland area if this helps

 

[Deftone]

Yeah we need more help than ............. Cleveland helps. Give us a year when and where you found it.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Gene Budig was American league President between 1994 to 1999 so that narrows it down a bit.still looking.

 

[jtw1313]

2016

 

[Mackaydon]

Signature could also belong to a player who was playing an 'away' game in Cleveland.
But if you wanted to see the roster of Cleveland players during that period, here's a suggested starting site.
1994 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com
Don......

 

[mick56]

The last name looks like Lorenz to me.

 

[jtw1313]

........D Lorenz

 

[BigWaveDave]

I spent an hour on this last nite, couldn't figure it out. I even looked at umpires. My thought this could be a coach, not a manager, but anyone on their staff. The fact that the autograph is almost legible, maybe not a ball player.

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks big wave for the time you spent what do you think the first name is

 

[Nitric]

Look into Akron/Canton players too! I can't figure it out, I have one similar of Joey Belle and other signatures, I got it when he played for the Akron/canton team. I'm not sure what the ball I have says on it though, As far as the maker of the actual ball....I was never really into sports. just collected stuff years ago and went to some local games. But I know that Akron/canton team or players signed a lot of balls for kids back then, they would actually spend time after the games with the kids sometimes, it was really cool as a kid, then some of them got famous!!......Just a thought...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton–Akron_Indians

 

[civil_war22]

I have spent a long dang time today trying to figure this out and have came up with the same conclusion as BigWaveDave. Also what might be a possibility is someome signing their name to a ball just for kicks. I know I did it as a kid just to be cool.

 

[BigWaveDave]

The ball itself is a major league ball, minors wouldn't have used those, not to say it's not a minor league player who never made it to the show...first name...Larry?...don't know.
The D is clear, but what strikes me the first L, and the letter after D doesn't look like an L, maybe an F?
My mind sees D Forever, that makes no sense though.

 

[Nitric]

I have spent a long dang time today trying to figure this out and have came up with the same conclusion as BigWaveDave. Also what might be a possibility is someome signing their name to a ball just for kicks. I know I did it as a kid just to be cool.

I have an autographed football I got at a basketball game! One football team (or players)played a basketball team for a charity type event That was done at a High school, The Browns players and Cavs players. So at that game there were a mix of both being signed by both teams....So your right!! Anything is possible!! I just remembered that after seeing your post.....

 

[jtw1313]

I seen forever to at first lol. But I think it's a Z at the end

 

[jtw1313]

Jesse d Lorenz?

 

[civil_war22]

And another possibility is it wasn't a cleveland player at all could have been a minor or major league player who was out doing a signing or speech on drugs and did signed baseballs. I have a signed baseball from a major league baseball player who was visiting our school to do a speech about his life growing up on the streets and the influence of drugs on young adults.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I keep seeing Jared Lorenzen...but that is a washed up football player, middle name isn't D initial...
Yea, this one is a mystery.
Maybe a nobody, or another teams coach, minor leaguer...endless possibilities.
I have exhausted all my researches on the Clevland Indians, and as a Red Sox fan, I am getting a headache.

 

[Nitric]

And another possibility is it wasn't a cleveland player at all could have been a minor or major league player who was out doing a signing or speech on drugs and did signed baseballs. I have a signed baseball from a major league baseball player who was visiting our school to do a speech about his life growing up on the streets and the influence of drugs on young adults.

OHHH Wow!! You just reminded me of that too! That was during "just say no to Drugs" campaign early to mid 90's ... We had a player come and speak at our High School about how drugs ruined his life etc.....

Sry!! Off topic!! Just remembering things I forgot all about tonight!!

And it does look like D lorenz......But my eyes are playing tricks now and I can make anything out of it now!

 

[BigWaveDave]

So, we can figure that the ball was found in Cleveland area, dates between 1994-1999, an it is an American League ball.
Could have originated anywhere in country, could be one of the other 15 or so visiting AL teams, as well as interleague play began in 1997, doubling the number of possible teams players or coaches that could have signed that ball.