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In his twenty-year career, Trammell batted over .300 seven time. The 6-time All Star finished his career with 185 home runs with 1,003 RBI, 1,231 runs, 2,365 hits, 412 doubles, 55 triples and 236 stolen bases and a .285 average .

After his retirement, Trammell coached for Detroit and the San Diego Padres. He also returned to Detroit to manage the Tigers before serving as bench coach for former teammate Kirk Gibson with the Diamondbacks.

In late 2014 he was named special assistant to the general manager of the Detroit Tigers. Four years later he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In the collection is a contract with the Autographed Ball Company producers of souvenir baseballs with stamped facsimile signatures. Trammell has signed this piece five times. The terms of the deal? The shortstop received one cent per ball sold.

The contract is dated March 14, 1975 which puts Trammell in his senior year in high school, a few months before the Tigers selected him in the second round of the 1976 draft.

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A six-time All Star, four time Gold Glover, and three-time Silver Slugger, Alan Trammell was a great player. His career performance got him elected to Cooperstown in 2018 yet he’s not even the best player pictured on the card shown above.

That honor goes to Paul Molitor, a Hall of Famer and member of the 3,000 hit club. At the time of his retirement, only 8 men had more than Molitor’s 3,319 career hits. The 1993 World Series MVP finished with 1,782 runs scored, 605 doubles, 114 triples, 234 homers, 1,307 RBI, 1,094 walks, a .306 batting average, and 504 stolen bases.

In 2004, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.