1951 Yankees World Series Champs Team Signed Baseball Mickey Mantle Rookie PSA
$9,995.00
1951 NY YANKEES TEAM SIGNED BASEBALL PSA/DNA
PSA/DNA# I04562
An immensely intriguing team-signed New York Yankees baseball, this keepsake holds 28 autographs that distill to those World Champions of the 1951 season. Even casual Yankee devotees will recall that 1951 witnessed the passing of the torch from DiMaggio to Mantle and, for that campaign, exclusively, the two immortals were rostered together.
The ball is an official American League variety.
We note that on one of the sweet spots, there appears the handwritten notation "19...50." Such a reference is not uncommon in vintage team signed balls. As is explained below, this ball was signed midway in the 1951 season — but at the time, the Yankees were, indeed, the reigning World Champions (having vanquished the Phillies in the 1950 World Series).
However, we're able to determine conclusively that this ball's signing took place before the end of the '51 season when the team repeated their world championship (against the Giants).
It's universally known that Mantle debuted in 1951, and that DiMaggio tendered his resignation from baseball in the off-season that followed. Moreover, we note that the signatures of Stubby Overmire and Jack Kramer also appear on the ball. The former arrived on the New York roster on June 15th that year, and the latter was released on August 30th... thereby isolating the vintage of this ball's signing to the period of mid-June to late August in 1951.
Signatures include:
Hank Bauer (signed twice)
Yogi Berra
Bobby Brown
Jerry Coleman
Joe Collins
Frank Crosetti
Joe DiMaggio (sweet spot)
Tommy Henrich
Johnny Hopp
Ralph Houk
Jackie Jensen
Jack Kramer
Ed Lopat
Mickey Mantle
Cliff Mapes
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Johnny Mize
Tom Morgan
Joe Ostrowski
Stub Overmire (signed twice)
Vic Raschi
Phil Rizzuto
Spec Shea
Charlie Silvera
Jim Turner
Comes with full letter PSA DNA COA.
D#A32
