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Ford Frick Autograph

Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American, he served as public relations director of the National League (NL) and then as the league's president from 1934 to 1951. He was the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965. More about Ford Frick

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Current items with a signature of Ford Frick

These are the most current items with a signature of Ford Frick that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1978 Ford Frick Baseball Executive HOF Signed Index Card D 1984 JSA$99.99logo
thumbnailBob Costas Signed Official Baseball HOF Plaque Postcard Ford Frick Beckett #2$149.99logo
thumbnailBob Costas Signed Official Baseball HOF Plaque Postcard Ford Frick Beckett #3$149.99logo
thumbnaildave van horne signed 3x5 index card 2011 ford frick award recipient $10.00logo
thumbnailFORD FRICK SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 1974 TCMA PHOTO HOF$69.00logo
thumbnailTONY KUBEK FORD FRICK AWARD HOF 2009 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED RAWLINGS OML BASEBALL JSA$100.00logo
thumbnailTONY KUBEK SIGNED/AUTO Ford Frick Award HOF 2009 ML BASEBALL NYY JSA COA$100.00logo
While Frick was NL president, he had a major role in the establishment of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a museum that honors the best players in baseball history. He extinguished threats of a player strike in response to the racial integration of the major leagues. During Frick's term as commissioner, expansion occurred and MLB faced the threat of having its antitrust exemption revoked by Congress. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970. The Ford C. Frick Award recognizes outstanding MLB broadcasters.

Frick was born on a farm in Wawaka, Indiana, and went to high school in Rome City, Indiana. He took classes at International Business College in Fort Wayne, then worked for a company that made engines for windmills. He attended DePauw University, where he played first base for the DePauw baseball team and ran track. He graduated in 1915. He had been a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Frick went to Colorado to play semipro baseball in Walsenburg. Read even more about Ford Frick at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Ford Frick

In total, we tracked 515 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Ford Frick (Babe Ruth signed National Leauge Baseball Ford Frick Red Stich) was sold in September 2019 for $8100.00 while the cheapest item (DAVE VAN HORNE SIGNED BASEBALL AUTO RAWLINGS DIZZY DEAN FORD FRICK WINNER) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2017. The month with the most items sold (11) was October 2017 with an average selling price of $69.99 for an autographed item of Ford Frick. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2022 with $1829.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $7.99 was July 2020. In average, an autographed item from Ford Frick is worth $49.95.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Ford Frick were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1946 Brookyln Dodgers Baseball (Ford Frick) Signed x 21 w/Medwick Reese$228.50logo
thumbnail2011 Panini Limited Cuts Baseball Autograph HOF Ford Frick 4/5$44.99logo
thumbnailCut FORD FRICK HOF PSA/DNA CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH ?$59.00logo
thumbnailEXTREMELY RARE! Ford Frick 1958 Signed Autographed Baseball Letter PSA COA!$175.00logo
thumbnailFord Frick (1894-1978) signed post-card (HOF-1970)$37.00logo
thumbnailFord Frick Autographed 1960 Fleer Card #74 Trading Card Commissioner JSA$59.22logo
thumbnailFord Frick Baseball HOF Commissioner Authentic Signed Autograph Index Card $33.00logo
thumbnailFord Frick PSA DNA Signed Gold Hall Of Fame Plaque Autographed$148.00logo
thumbnailFord Frick Signed HOF Plaque Postcard Encapsulated PSA/DNA MINT 9$128.88logo
thumbnailFORD FRICK Signed/Autographed 1961 FLEER Baseball Card! *JSA COA* HOF/Auto$56.00logo

Latest News about Ford Frick

Enberg gets Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award (12/10/14): Enberg gets Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award

Nuxhall a finalist for Ford Frick Award (10/03/14): Former Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall is a finalist for the 2015 Ford C. Frick Award. Nuxhall, a Hamilton native and longtime Fairfield resident, spent 38 years (1967-2004) with the Reds and totaled 53 years with the team as a broadcaster and pitcher.

Vote Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall for Ford Frick Award (09/09/14): The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opened up online ballot voting, giving fans the chance to vote for their favorite broadcaster for the 2015 Frick Award.

Bill King, Duane Kuiper among finalists for Ford Frick Award (10/02/13): The late Bill King and current Giants announcer Duane Kuiper are among the 10 finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame's broadcasting award Go to news article

Tom Cheek tribute: The Ford Frick file (07/17/13): Who is this Ford C. Frick guy, anyways? Some famous broadcaster? An early radio pioneer who lugged engineering equipment from one end of major-league map (New York) to the other (St. Louis)? Did he have a connection with the Ford automakers?

Older News Stories about Ford Frick

All-Star Game: Did Ford Frick stop two Cincinnati Reds from starting? (07/2012): The logo for the 2012 All-Star game. ( David Eulitt / MCT / July 10 , 2012 )