This lot of team-signed St. Louis Cardinals balls dates back to 1979 (26 signatures including manager Ken Boyer, Keith Hernandez, Ken Reitz, Ted Simmons, Lou Brock, etc. Three balls are from the Whitey Herzog era (1981, 26 signatures including Hernandez, George Hendrick, Darrell Porter, Garry Templeton, etc.; 1987, 24 signatures including Jack Clark, Ozzie Smith, Tom Herr, Terry Pendleton, Willie McGree, Vince Coleman, etc.; 1988, 24 signatures including Smith, Coleman, McGee, Tony Pena, etc.). Three balls are from the Joe Torre era (1991, 23 signatures including Smith, Jose Oquendo, Todd Zeile, Lee Smith, Bob Tewksnury, Ray Lankford, etc.; 1992, 29 signatures including Smith, Zeile, Lankford, Tewksbury, Bernard Gilkey, Todd Worrell, etc.; 1993, 24 signatures including Smith, Zeile, Gilkey, Tewksbury, Gregg Jefferies, etc.). All signatures rate between a 7 and 9.