1914 Boston "Miracle" Braves Team World Series Champs Signed Baseball PSA DNA
$19,995.00
The presented team signed sphere would serve well as a reminder to never give up, even if the odds seem hopelessly stacked against you. The 1914 Braves knew the feeling well, marking the nation's anniversary on July 4th at the bottom of the National League rankings, a full fifteen games out of first place. Approaching the midpoint of the season, it appeared that merely repeating their fifth place finish in 1913 was an optimistic goal.
But instead the Braves strode into the most torrid pace in professional baseball history, claiming victory in seventy of their final eighty-nine games to finish a full ten games ahead of the second place New York Giants in the National League pennant race. The utter domination would continue through the World Series, where the Braves swept the Philadelphia Athletics in four games, marking the unceremonious end (with some help from the rogue Federal League) to Connie Mack's first great dynasty.
Just a small handful of team signed baseballs from this remarkable chapter in baseball history have survived to see the dawn of the twenty-first century, and here we offer just the first we have ever encountered. The Official National League (Tener) sphere is autographed by twenty-two comeback kids, most notably by Hall of Famer Rabbit Maranville, whose seventy-eight RBI's led the offense. Other signers include Fred Tyler, Ensign Cottrell, Dick Crutcher, George Stallings and Tom Hughes. One of the earliest known Championship team signed baseballs in existence!
Comes with Full LOA from PSA/DNA.
A#6
