Vintage 40's Augie J Galan Montgomery Ward 4224 Baseball Glove Brooklyn Dodgers

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Vintage Augie J Galan Montgomery Ward 4224  Baseball Glove Brooklyn Dodgers...See photos
In a 16-season big-league career, Galan posted a .287 batting average with 1,706 hits, 100 home runs and 830 runs batted in in 1,742 games played. He twice led the National League in stolen bases, with 22 thefts in 1935 and 23 in 1937. He also led the Senior Circuit in runs scored (133 in 1933) and bases on balls (103 in 1943 and 101 in 1944), and four times exceeded .800 in OPS, each time finishing in the NL's Top Ten in that category.
In 1937, Galan was the first National Leaguer to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a game.[3] Galan was selected to three National League All-Star teams and homered off Schoolboy Rowe in the 1936 contest to help power the senior circuit to a 4–3 victory. He also played in three World Series (1935 and 1938 with the Cubs, and 1941 with the Dodgers), but his teams never won. Galan collected four fall classic hits in 29 total at bats (.138). He reached the .300 plateau six times.
In 1935, he became the first full-time player to make 649 plate appearances and not hit into a double play,[4] though he hit into a triple play.[5] That year, he led the National League with 133 runs scored. Often injured (he broke his knee in 1940), Galan had a deformed arm from a childhood injury. The knee injury eventually forced him to give up batting from the right side of the plate.