Probably just a preference thing. Other Players who passed away close to that same time can vary as well...
Carl Hubbell - Typically no inscriptions
Lefty Gomez - Typically no inscriptions
Bill Terry - Commonly found inscriptions
Johnny Mize - Commonly found inscriptions
Dickey's sig towards the end got pretty shaky. So perhaps he just wanted to complete his name and be done with it. Same for Hubbell.
Terry, Mize and Gehringer all had beautiful strong sigs until the end, so perhaps they were more capable of adding inscriptions.
Of course this is all just conjecture, but makes perfect sense, right?
Last edited by perezfan; 07-06-2020 at 06:47 PM.
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