A 20-game winner each season from 1971-1975 Catfish Hunter was also a five-time World Series champ. In the collection is this questionnaire filled and in Hunter’s hand and signed by the Hall of Fame pitcher at the bottom. Hunter reveals that his father was his inspiration, Dick Williams his favorite manager, Sparky Lyle as the most colorful player in the game, and Rod Carew as the toughest player he ever faced.

The 1974 Cy Young Award winner, Catfish Hunter led the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 ERA and 0.986 WHIP that season. He also won nine post-season contests including five in the Fall Classic. Hunter was a key member of five World Series champions from 1972-1978, winning three in a row with Oakland from ’72-’74 and two straight with the Yankees in ’77 and ’78 after leaving Charlie Finley’s A’s.