Contract, signed “Gordon S. Cochrane,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11, [1930]. American League uniform player’s contract in which Mickey Cochrane agrees to render "skilled service as a baseball player in connection with all games of the Club during the year 1930” for the Philadelphia Athletics, for a salary of $16,000. Signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by Cochrane. In very good to fine condition, with slight creasing and a vertical fold, and small edge tears and partial separations to folds. Cochrane was the premier catcher in the league by 1930, guiding his A's pitching staff to their second consecutive World Championship that season. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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