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1971 Al Kaline Signed Detroit Tigers Player's Contract & Copy of Replacement Contract Requesting a Lower Salary from The Al Ka...
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1971 Al Kaline Signed Detroit Tigers Player's Contract & Copy of Replacement Contract Requesting a Lower Salary from The Al Kaline Collection."I think the simple fact is that my father came from an humble beginnings and was able to play the game he loved as a paying career. He always felt the game, and the Detroit Tigers organization, gave him far more than he gave them in return." -- Mark Kaline
A couple months after the conclusion of the 1970 season, the Tigers' management came to Al Kaline with their offer to make him the first $100,000 player in the franchise's history. As Al's son Mark recounted, his father originally signed the $100,000 contract, on December 16, 1970, but then stewed about the decision over the holidays, before finally calling up the club to demand a reduction. "I'd prefer to get that much money when I rate it," he ultimately told them, then proceeded to rejoin the top ten for batting average in 1971, only then accepting the $100,000 annual salary for 1972. Only a man of true character would make such a request.
This special lot documents that noble "take no charity" mindset that made Al Kaline one of the most respected figures in Major League history. We have both the original $100,000 contract, hand signed by "Albert W. Kaline" and Tigers general manager James A. Campbell, and a photocopy of the replacement contract, dated January 11, 1971 for $93,000. Each is six-pages in length and free of any condition issues beyond storage folds. Letter of provenance from Mark Kaline. Full LOA from Beckett Authentication Services. Full LOA from PSA/DNA.
Auction Info
2021 November 18 - 20 Fall Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction #50049 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2021
18th-20th
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