KEITH GINTER Signed Baseball Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Rawlings Official National League Baseball Keith Michael Ginter (born May 5, 1976) is a former American Major League Baseball infielder. Ginter is a graduate of Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. Ginter attended and played baseball at Cypress College before transferring to Texas Tech University. During his two years at Texas Tech University, Ginter was a two-time All-American and helped the Red Raiders in NCAA Regional action. Ginter was drafted by the Houston Astros in 10th Round of 1998 amateur entry draft and began his professional career playing for the Auburn Doubledays of the New York?Penn League and made his first major league appearance playing for the Astros on September 20, 2000. In September 2002, Ginter was traded along with Wayne Franklin to Milwaukee Brewers for Mark Loretta and cash. Ginter played for the Brewers until December 2004 when he was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Nelson Cruz and Justin Lehr. During the 2004 season, Ginter had been named National League Player of the Week The baseball is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with some yellow staining of the ball with age. I personally had the baseball signed with a ballpoint pen in 2000 by Keith Ginter when he played for the Round Rock Express who were the AA Texas League affiliate of the Houston Astros.