April 2, 2015: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/2/2015
Billy Meyer (D 1957) was an American baseball player and manager. He holds the dubious distinction as having played for, and managed, two of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball. A catcher who spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues, Meyer broke into the majors with the 1913 Chicago White Sox, but played only one game. Three years later, in 1916, he returned to the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics and appeared in 50 games for a squad that won only 36 games and lost 117. (The following year, he played in 62 games for an A's club that "improved" to a 55-98 mark.) Then, a generation-and-a-half later, Meyer piloted the 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates to the worst record in their history as they won only 42 of 154 games. We offer a 1949 Boston Braves vs. Pirates program signed by Bill Meyer, Dixie Walker, and Lolly Hopkins (Boston super fan).
Bill Billy Meyer, Lolly Hopkins & Dixie Walker Signed Boston Braves Program
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