Cot Deal Autographs
Ellis Ferguson "Cot" Deal (January 23, 1923 – May 21, 2013) was an American pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m), 185 lb (84 kg), Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. A native of Arapaho, Oklahoma, he grew up in Oklahoma City and was nicknamed "Cot" for his cotton-top hair color.
Deal had a career in baseball from 1940 through 1989 and interrupted only by military service during World War II (1943–44). He spent 48 years in baseball as a player (20), manager (5), coach (22) and executive (1).
As a sixteen-year-old, Deal was invited by the Pittsburgh Pirates to spend in week in Pittsburgh. By then, the club was managed by Pie Traynor, who gave Deal his first baseball tryout. After signing with Pittsburgh, he spent 1940 with the Hutchinson, Kansas team of the Western Association, hitting a .312 average while splitting time between the outfield and third base. The next year he gained promotion to the Harrisburg Pirates of the Interstate League, playing for them two seasons before joining the military. In 1945, he played in the International League with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a pitcher, and was sold to the Boston Red Sox in 1947. Late in the season he was called up to the Red Sox, making his debut on September 11 as a pinch-hitter. In his first major league at bat, he connected a game-winning RBI single off Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Lemon, while posting a 0–1 mark in five appearances.
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Traded items with a signature of Cot Deal
The most expensive item with a signature of Cot Deal (1954 TOPPS COT DEAL PSA 2/ Auto 8 ST LOUIS CARDINALS. Verified Autograph) was sold in May 2025 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (Cot Deal signed 3x5 card) found a new owner for $0.49 in March 2010. The month with the most items sold (6) was October 2010 with an average selling price of $0.99 for an autographed item of Cot Deal. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with $150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.49 was March 2010. In average, an autographed item from Cot Deal is worth $7.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Cot Deal were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1954 TOPPS ELLIS COT DEAL #192 CARDINALS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH VINTAGE | $24.00 |  |
| 1954 TOPPS ELLIS COT DEAL #192 CARDINALS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH VINTAGE | $31.50 | |
| 1954 TOPPS ELLIS COT DEAL #192 CARDINALS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH VINTAGE | $31.50 | |
| 2025 Historic Autographs World War 2 Cot Deal CUT SIGNATURE AUTO #5/5 CARDINALS | $29.99 | |
| Cot Deal - Autograph- 1947-54 BOS/STL | $8.98 | |
| Cot Deal d2013 #192 signed autograph auto 1994 Topps 1954 Archives Baseball Card | $18.99 | |
| Cot Deal Signed 1952 Government Postcard GPC - Red Sox, Cardinals | $7.98 | |
 | Cot Deal Signed 1960 Topps Coaches Cincinnati Reds Autograph | $18.00 | |
| Cot Deal signed 3x5 photo Houston Astros D:2013 | $2.00 | |
| Cot Deal Signed Vintage Photo Postcard Cleveland Indians Autograph | $18.00 | |
 | Cot Deal Signed Vintage Photo Postcard Rochester Red Wings Autograph | $25.00 | |
| Cot Deal??MLB: 1947 Boston Red Sox??Autograph?? | $24.98 | |
| Cot Deal??MLB: 1947 Boston Red Sox??Autograph?? | $18.98 | |
| Cot Deal??MLB: 1947 Boston Red Sox??Autograph??? | $22.08 | |
| Signed 8x10 COT DEAL New York Yankees Autographed Photo w/COA | $30.99 | |
