Autographs of Earl Weaver
Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator. Weaver played in minor league baseball as a second baseman from 1948 to 1960. He began his managerial career in 1956, serving as a player–manager for five seasons before he stopped playing to concentrate on managing, without ever having played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He progressed through the minor league system before going on to become a manager in the Major Leagues with the Baltimore Orioles (1968–1982; 1985–86), winning a World Series championship in 1970. Weaver's style of managing was summed up in the quote: "pitching, defense, and the three-run homer." He did not believe in placing emphasis on "small ball" tactics such as stolen bases, hit and run plays, or sacrifice bunts, though these views developed somewhat over time. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
Weaver was born on August 14, 1930, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Earl Milton Weaver, a dry cleaner who cleaned the uniforms of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns (who would later become the Baltimore Orioles), and Ethel Genevieve Wakefield. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer, who pitched under Weaver for 14 seasons in the major leagues, wrote that his manager was "brought up in St. Louis on the bad side of a street where even the good side isn't too good." The Weavers lived in a crowded section of St. Louis, within a mile of Sportsman's Park, home to the Cardinals and Browns. As a child Weaver saw the players on the great St. Louis Cardinals teams up close, when he accompanied his father into the team's clubhouse, or made pickups and deliveries of their uniforms.
Weaver was an avid baseball fan. His baseball hero was Cardinals' shortstop Leo Durocher, who would go on to become a Hall of Fame manager. He was fascinated with managers and studied them carefully, even as an adolescent and teenager. Among the managers he studied, the hometown Cardinals were managed by future Hall of Famer Billy Southworth (1940–45), whose teams won at least 105 games each season from 1942 to 1944. The next team to win over 100 games three consecutive years was Weaver's Baltimore Orioles (1969–71).
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The most expensive item with a signature of Earl Weaver (Earl Weaver Signed Autograph PSA/DNA Slabbed 3x5 Index Card Orioles Baseball HOF) was sold in July 2026 for £773.02 while the cheapest item (Hand SIGNED Earl Weaver 8x10 Vintage Photo - HOF MLB - Baltimore Orioles) found a new owner for £18.08 in June 2025. The month with the most items sold (18) was December 2025 with an average selling price of £48.07 for an autographed item of Earl Weaver. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with £114.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £33.29 was January 2026. In average, an autographed item from Earl Weaver is worth £48.03.
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