Charlie Lea – Baseball by The Letters https://www.baseballbytheletters.com Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:09:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 22759191 Write To Every Charlie Lea NOW https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/11/16/write-to-every-charlie-lea-now/ https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/11/16/write-to-every-charlie-lea-now/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2011/11/16/write-to-every-charlie-lea-now/ Read more]]> The website http://www.signedautographed.com/
had this and lots of Leas for $20.40 each.
Through October, he was an easy
sig for two stamps.

Former pitcher Charlie Lea, a Memphis Rebirds broadcaster since 2002, died last week of a heart attack at age 54.

Lea pitched a 1981 no-hitter for the Montreal Expos. He started and won the 1984 All-Star Game.

According to http://www.sportscollectors.net/, the results board logged 119 successes in 134 attempts for Lea. He was signing 88 percent of the time.

When I first began collecting autographs by mail during the Stone Age, veteran collectors suggested I get the old-timers first.

That game plan doesn’t always work. Write to your favorites NOW, no matter what the age.

Coming Thursday: Dick Adams, a member of the 1947 Philadelphia Athletics, remembers the team he managed in the Army and a guy named Joe DiMaggio.

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