Twenty-six members of the 1954 Red Sox signed this official American League (Harridge) baseball, including: Ted Wiliams, Boudreau, Kell, Jensen, Owen, Clevenger, Brown, Evers and Harry Agganis, who died very suddenly the following season of a pulmonary embolism. The ball comes directly from the Agganis family and grades VG-EX. The '54 BoSox finished fourth in the American League standings with a 69-85 record.