TTM Stats
- Sent: 6/27/2020 | Received: 7/7/2020 | 10 Days
- ’89 Donruss, ’90 Upper Deck, ’91 Upper Deck, ’92 Topps, ’93 Fleer
- Address: Home (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
Henry Cotto is a former major league outfielder. He played from 1984 thought 1993 with the Cubs, Yankees, Mariners, and Marlins. He also played in 1994 with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan.
Cotto was born in New York City but went to high school in Puerto Rico. He was signed by the Cubs in 1980 as an amateur free agent. After four years in the minors he made his debut as a Cub on April 5, 1984. He was traded to the Yankees after the 1984 season in a deal that also involved Ron Hassey and Rich Bordi for Brian Dayett and Ray Fontenot. He never played more than 68 games for the Yankees after playing in more than 100 for the Cubs.
The Yankees dealt Cotto to the Mariners after the 1987 season along with Steve Trout for Lee Guetterman among others. It was with Seattle he spent the most significant potion of his career (6 years) and really got playing time. While in Seattle he hit .261 with 34 homers, 156 RBI and 102 stolen bases. He was dealt to Florida in the middle of the 1993 season and didn’t get back into the majors after that.
He did go to Japan in 1994 and while with the Yomiuri Giants he helped them with the 1994 Japan Series.
The Score on Henry Cotto – 6.5
Henry has a pretty scratchy signature. I think this is a great example of how the blue marker going with the blue in these uniforms can make an autograph look even better. It can’t happen for everybody, but in this case I think it did. My favorite of this bunch is the 1990 Upper Deck card.
Thanks Mr. Cotto! I’m giving this return a 6.5.
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