Ed, does anyone know a baseball player named Art Mahaffey. My huband passed away three years and I found a baseball signed by this man in his drawer. If anyone knows, please tell me.

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Art Mahaffey was picked up by the Phillies in 1956, and made his debut on the mound on July 30, 1960. The Phils traded him to the Cards along with Pat Corrales and Alex Johnson. The Phils got Bill White, Dick Groat and Bob Uecker. In 1967, the Cards traded him off to the Mets along with Jerry Buchek and Tony Martinez. Mahaffey was a three-time All-Star. As far as I can tell, Mahaffey is alive and well, but I don’t know where he is living.

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