Add another terrific post-Major League playing-career issue of Bill Lee with this 1990 Pacific Senior League #28 card featuring the legendary left-hander with the Winter Haven Super Sox, personally autographed by the colorful pitcher famously known as Spaceman.
Bill Lee is correctly cataloged as card #28 in the 220-card 1990 Pacific Senior League set. The checklist is organized largely by team, and Lee opens the Winter Haven Super Sox portion of the set, immediately followed by Fergie Jenkins #29, Leon Roberts #30 and Rick Wise #31.
The set documents the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association, which brought numerous former Major Leaguers back to organized professional baseball. Winter Haven featured an especially recognizable group of veterans, including Lee, Jenkins, Wise, Butch Hobson, Bill Campbell, Cecil Cooper, Mike Cuellar, Al Bumbry and Bernie Carbo.
Pacific's Senior League release is an interesting oddball issue from the company's early years in the baseball-card market. The standard cards have a more subdued, matte presentation, while Pacific also produced a glossy factory-set parallel of the complete checklist. Bill Lee appears as #28 in both versions.
For a comprehensive Bill Lee collection, this card fits perfectly alongside his 1989 Topps Senior League #33, 1989-90 T&M Senior League #66 and 1990 Elite Senior League #99. Together, these unusual issues document Lee's continued involvement in professional baseball years after his final Major League appearance.
Lee had previously enjoyed a 14-year Major League career with the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, earning an American League All-Star selection in 1973 and winning 17 games in three consecutive seasons from 1973 through 1975. His unconventional personality and enduring Spaceman nickname helped make him one of baseball's most recognizable characters.
Card Details:
- Player: Bill Lee
- Team: Winter Haven Super Sox
- Year: 1990
- Manufacturer: Pacific
- Set: Senior League
- Card Number: #28
- Senior Professional Baseball Association issue
- Standard issue; glossy factory-set parallel also exists
- Post-Major League playing-career card
- 1973 American League All-Star
- Popularly known as Spaceman
- Personally autographed
- Condition: NM-MT or better
Authentication: Signature obtained through a private signing conducted by Under the Radar Sports Promotions and guaranteed to pass any third-party authentication service.
An excellent addition for collectors of Bill Spaceman Lee autographs, Winter Haven Super Sox memorabilia, 1990 Pacific Senior League cards, Senior Professional Baseball Association memorabilia, oddball baseball issues, or post-MLB playing-career cards.