Beans Reardon Autographs
John Edward "Beans" Reardon (November 23, 1897 – July 31, 1984) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1926 to 1949. He worked five World Series and three All-Star Games.
Born on November 23, 1897, in Taunton, Massachusetts, Reardon's family moved to Los Angeles when he was 14, and he acquired his nickname as a youth due to his Boston-area origins. Having no chance at a career playing baseball due to a throwing arm ruined by overexertion in sandlot ball, he began umpiring amateur games as a teenager. He got his professional start with a copper miners' league in Arizona in 1919, but after arriving for duty and learning that his contract required him to work in the mines, he resigned after one day's work, followed by a doubleheader he umpired singlehandedly.
From 1920 to 1921, he umpired in the Western Canada League, where he made his reputation in Edmonton by refusing a police escort out of a park after a particularly contentious game before a hostile crowd, saying, "I didn't sneak in and I won't sneak out." He then worked in the Pacific Coast League for four seasons before reaching the major leagues.
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Traded items with a signature of Beans Reardon
The most expensive item with a signature of Beans Reardon (Beans Reardon Signed Baseball MLB NL Umpire Autographed JSA LOA) was sold in August 2025 for $499.97 while the cheapest item (Beans Reardon Autographed Rawlings Baseball NL Umpire) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2009. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2016 with an average selling price of $23.24 for an autographed item of Beans Reardon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $499.97 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2009. In average, an autographed item from Beans Reardon is worth $32.63.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BEANS REARDON AUTOGRAPH SIGNED 3x5 PLATE UMPIRE FOR BABE RUTH 714TH HR 1935 | $18.99 |  |
| Beans Reardon Autographed Index Card D.1984 JSA N.L. UMPIRE | $99.99 | |
| BEANS REARDON BASEBALL UMPIRE SIGNED INDEX CARD PSA/DNA CERTIFIED DEC. 1984 | $14.99 | |
| BEANS REARDON INDEX CARD SIGNED 1926-49 NL UMPIRE PSA/DNA CERTIFIED 1897-1994 | $27.00 | |
| Beans Reardon Major League Baseball Umpire 1926-1956 Signed Index Card SGC | $35.28 | |
| Beans Reardon Signed Autographed 3x5 Index Card JSA #K47635 | $39.99 | |
| Beans Reardon Signed Baseball MLB NL Umpire Autographed JSA LOA | $499.97 | |
| Beans Reardon Signed First Day Issue Cover NL Baseball Umpire 1926-1949 | $14.29 | |
| Beans Reardon signed index card baseball umpire NL 1926-1949 dec 1984 Ruth 714 | $55.00 | |
| Beans Reardon Signed Paper Cut on Index Card PSA/DNA Auto Slabbed DS17576 | $18.19 | |
| BEANS REARDON SINGLE SIGNED ONLB FRICK FAMOUS UMPIRE BABE RUTH ONE DAY PSA/DNA** | $100.00 | |
| Beans Reardon Umpire Jsa Coa Autograph 3x5 Index Card Hand Signed Authentic | $56.00 | |
| JSA Carl Hubbell Preacher Roe Beans Reardon Al Lopez Signed Autographed Baseball | $329.00 | |
| Louis Kolls MLB Ump Autographed Baseball Album Page PSA Slabbed & Beans Reardon | $59.99 | |
| NL Ump Beans Reardon 1953 Autograph Letter Signed On His Company Letterhead d84 | $60.00 | |
