Lou Boudreau was probably the top shortstop of the 1940's. He was a very good hitter (winning a batting title in 1944), but was better known for his incredible fielding skills. Boudreau was also a smart baseball man - so smart, in fact, that he was made player-manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1942 at the tender age of 24. In 1948, he led the Tribe to the World Series and contributed mightily as a player, batting .355 / .453 / .534 with 18 home runs, 106 RBI's, and 116 runs scored en route to both the Title and the MVP Award. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.
I grabbed this Boudreau signature at Gingerbread Antiques in Waxahachie:
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