1978 Kansas Royals Signed American League Baseball, Lau's Estate
Item Details
Charles Richard Lau (April 12, 1933 – March 18, 1984) was an American catcher and highly influential hitting coach in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent. After spending three seasons with the Tiger’s organization from 1956,1958–59, the Baltimore Orioles purchased his contract from the Braves in 1962. Charley adopted a contact hitter’s batting stance, feet wide apart, with the bat, held almost parallel to the ground. That season he had a .294 batting average with six home runs and thirty-seven runs batted in. In 1963, the Orioles sold Charley’s contract to the Kansas City Athletics where he batted .294. In 1967, Charley’s contract was purchased by the Braves, while there, Charley caught the second of Warren Spahn’s two career no-hitters. After his playing career ended, Lau became a hitting coach for the Orioles, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox.
| Type | Baseball |
| Athlete | Royals |
| Materials | Leather |
| Team | Kansas City |
| Period | 1978 |
| Autographed | Yes |
| Autograph(s) | Amos Otis, Dennis Leonard, Tom Poquette, Steve Braun, Galen Cisco, Rich Gale, Steve Mingori, Darrell Porter, Al Cowens, Steve Boros, Andy Hassler, Hal McRae, Clint Hurdle, Whitey Herzog, Doug Bird, Al Hrabosky, Charley Lau, Marty Pattin, Joe Lahoud, Frank White, George Brett, Joe Zdeb |
Condition
- the signatures have not been authenticated, nor have the signatures been checked for “club house” signatures.
- the consignor bought this baseball from the Charley Lau estate, there is no paperwork
- signatures were done in different shades of ink
- handwritten notation “1978 K.C. Royals”
Dimensions
Item #
ITMG201823
