Joe Durham Autographs
Joseph Vann Durham (July 31, 1931 – April 28, 2016) was an American professional baseball player and coach. An outfielder, he appeared in Major League Baseball in 93 games for the Baltimore Orioles (1954 and 1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959). Durham attended Huntington High School in his native city of Newport News, Virginia, and Shaw University. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 186 pounds (84 kg).
Durham began his professional career in the Negro leagues with the Chicago American Giants, then was signed by Bill Veeck, president of the St. Louis Browns, prior to the 1953 season. He was in the Browns' farm system when the franchise moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1954. After an outstanding season in the Double-A Texas League in 1954, he was recalled by the Orioles in September and in ten games collected nine hits in 44 plate appearances, including his first Major League home run off Al Sima of the Philadelphia Athletics on September 12. Durham was one of the two African-American players on the Orioles roster in 1954. The other was Jay Heard. Durham then missed the 1955–1956 seasons performing military service.
He began the 1957 season in the Texas League — but was recalled by Baltimore in June after batting a torrid .391 over the first 50 games of the season. He then appeared in 77 games for the Orioles over the rest of the year, starting 40 games as an outfielder, but he batted only .186 and was sent to the Triple-A Vancouver Mounties for 1958. A solid season there (.285 and 85 runs batted in) resulted in Durham's selection by the Cardinals in the 1958 Rule 5 draft. He began 1959 on the Cardinals' roster, but appeared in only six games, starting one. He went hitless in five at bats and scored two runs. He was then returned to Vancouver and the Orioles' system. Apart from 1963, which he spent in the New York Yankees' system, Durham played at the top level of the Baltimore organization through 1964, then became the team's batting practice pitcher. He moved into the Orioles' front office in 1986, then became a coach for the Class A Frederick Keys of the Carolina League.
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Traded items with a signature of Joe Durham
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Durham (Joe Durham Signed Small Index Card JSA Authentic & advertisement from 2004) was sold in June 2025 for $54.90 while the cheapest item (Joe Durham Autographed Picture Card!) found a new owner for $0.44 in January 2012. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2016 with an average selling price of $3.95 for an autographed item of Joe Durham. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2016 with $34.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.44 was January 2012. In average, an autographed item from Joe Durham is worth $6.38.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Joe Durham were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | "Baltimore Orioles" Joe Durham Hand Signed 3X5 Card COA | $29.99 |  |
| "Baltimore Orioles" Joe Durham Signed 3X5 Card COA | $29.99 | |
| 1958 Topps - Joe Durham Card #96 Signed Baltimore Orioles | $15.00 | |
| 1959 TOPPS JOE DURHAM # 96 ORIOLES SIGNED AUTO VINTAGE BASEBALL CARD | $4.60 | |
| 1993 Frederick Keys JOE DURHAM Signed Card autograph auto ORIOLES | $4.71 | |
| Joe Durham ??Orioles, Cardinals ??Autograph ????????? | $4.00 | |
| Joe Durham Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - MLB Orioles Cardinals - w/COA | $14.39 | |
| Joe Durham Orioles Cardinals Signed Autograph Album Page Cut Sig | $9.99 | |
| Joe Durham Signed 1958 Topps Baltimore Orioles Autograph | $21.00 | |
 | Joe Durham Signed 3x5 Index Card Auto Baseball Negro Leagues Chicago & St Louis | $23.94 | |
| JOE DURHAM SIGNED BALTIMORE ORIOLES POSTCARD | $5.00 | |
| Joe Durham Signed Original 1958 Topps Baltimore Orioles Autograph | $21.00 | |
| Joe Durham Signed Small Index Card JSA Authentic & advertisement from 2004 | $54.90 | |
| Joe Durham??MLB: 1954 Baltimore Orioles ??Autograph?? | $16.98 | |
| Signed 1993 Bowie Baysox Baseball Don Buford Joe Durham Auto Orioles | $4.99 | |
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High school baseball: Durham signs with Indians - Salisbury Post (01/30/2019): By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Baseball or football? A lot of people weren’t sure what sport West Rowan lefty pitcher/linebacker Daniel Durham would pursue in college, but the 6-foot-1, 215-pound Durham has known for a while. “I really like football, but I think my mindse
