Andres Galarraga Montreal Expos & Andre Dawson Chicago Cubs Signed 8×10 Photo – AIV Hologram

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Andrés Galarraga is a Venezuelan former professional baseball first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants and Anaheim Angels. He finished his career with a .288 batting average, 399 home runs, and 1,425 RBI. Galarraga ranked 36th all-time in career home runs at the time of his retirement.

Galarraga began his professional career in Venezuela at the age of 16. He was nicknamed “the Big Cat” (textually translated from English as El Gran Gato, although his nickname in his native Venezuela was El Gato) for his impressively quick reflexes and seamless defensive skills as a first baseman despite his large physical size. During his playing days, Galarraga stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, weighing 235 pounds. Hall of Famer St Louis Cardinals’ manager Whitey Herzog called him “the best-fielding right-handed first baseman I’ve seen since Gil Hodges.”

Galarraga was a five-time National League (NL) All-Star, won two NL Gold Glove Awards and two NL Silver Slugger Awards, and won two MLB Comeback Player of the Year Awards, the second time after his successful return to baseball following cancer treatment.

Andre Dawson, nicknamed “the Hawk” and “Awesome Dawson”, is a former professional baseball outfielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four different teams as a center and right fielder, spending most of his career with the Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs.
An 8-time National League (NL) All-Star, he was named the league’s Rookie of the Year in 1977 after batting .282 with 19 home runs and 65 runs batted in (RBI), and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1987 after leading the league with 49 homers and 137 RBI; he had been runner-up for the award in both 1981 and 1983. He batted .300 five times, drove in 100 runs four times and had 13 seasons of 20 home runs. A strong base-runner early in his career, he also stole 30 bases three times. He is one of eight MLB players with at least 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases during his career.

The featured 8 x 10 Photo has been signed by “Big Cat” Andres Galarraga and Andre ‘The Hawk” Dawson in blue. The Photo includes an official Authentication Integrity Verified (AIV) hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.