This week’s Memorabilia Monday is probably the most well known of all the former Harrisburg Senators, Vladimir Guerrero.
Vladimir Guerrero was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1993. He made his City Island debut for the Harrisburg Senators in 1996. That season he batted .360 with 19 home runs, 84 runs scored and 78 RBI’s on the way to winning the Senators 1st of 4 consecutive EL Championships (96-99). He was an Eastern League All-Star, Rook of the Year, and MVP. He also earned the Double-A Player of the Year, Double-A All-Star, Baseball America’s 1st Team outfielder, and the Expos Minor League Player of the year.
Guerrero has excelled at the major league level for 13-seasons for the Montreal Expos (96-03) and the Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels since 2004. He is a career 323 hitter with 392 home runs. He is one of the most feared hitters in the game as indication by his 7 Silver Slugger Awards and leading the league in intentional walks 5 times. He’s appeared in 8 All-Star games and won the 2004 AL MVP award.
The Angels recently exercised their option on Guerrero for the 2009 season. He only needs 8 more home runs to become the first former Harrisburg Senators pass the 400 career home run mark.
Now about the piece of memorabilia, it’s a 1996 Best autographed Vladimir Guerrero card. I obtained this card from my good friend Jane Bratz. In 2007 she passed along a book full of her doubles to me; which I am very grateful for. I missed most of the games between 1995-2006 and she was gracious enough to share her extras with me, which contained many of the key players from the Championship years in the 90's.
1 comment:
Will - Thanks, again, for the credit.
Vladimir is probably the best known former Harrisburg Senator, but it was not easy, at times, to get his autograph nor was he the friendliest.
Jane
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