Signed Vintage MLB 1950’s Baseball with over a dozen signatures - what is it?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by BobC

However, also saw what looks a signature of George Kell, not the HOFer, but a later namesake that played in the majors.

That's actually the HOFer's autograph on the ball. I know of no other George Kell who played in the Majors.

It's interesting to note that both Evers and Kell started out 1954 with the Red Sox before being traded to other teams.

I haven't really examined this ball to offer any further insight. Sorry.

ETA: The pics are really small, but I saw Sid Hudson staring me down as I scrolled past just now. Another '54 BoSox member. And above him...again, the photo is minuscule, but the formation of the last name "Brown" is strongly reminiscent of Hal "Skinny" Brown, also with Boston that season. It has to be him, but those photos are so tiny.

[MnBoy2022]

Wow, my thanks to all of the contributors to this treasure trove of knowledge and information. My apologies for the poor pics, I will take more and try to do better.
I’ll post those tomorrow.

[etsmith]

Looks like it has Danny O'Connell and Karl Olson as well.

[MnBoy2022]

I’ve added some additional pics of the ball. As some have suggested, this mat we’ll be a spring training ball, and my grandfather had no connection to Boston, he might have vacationed once or twice in Florida. I’ve tried to look for any signature that looks like it could be Hank Aaron’s, and apparently the earliest signed balls from him in 1953/1954 he signed as “Henry” not Hank. I see one possible Henry under Sid Hudson’s signature, but the last name looks like Brown, not Aaron.

If this ball is from the March 14, 1954 spring training game, and Aaron perhaps played his 1st game with a major league team game that day, that would be quite interesting.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

As noted, the one under Hudson is indeed Hal "Skinny" Brown, but you do have a Henry Aaron by the looks of it! It's at the top of the final photo you posted.

[MnBoy2022]

Wow, I think you may be right! I was fixated on looking at that other Hal Brown signature. And it would make more sense. On closer inspection the other signature does look like it might be Hank Aaron’s, it’s a bit faded but the H in Henry appears to have matching similarities to the early “Henry” signatures shown on the internet.

Could it really be?

[MnBoy2022]

Here are two better pics of that signature: