1968 Detroit Tigers World Series Champs Team Signed Game Used Base PSA DNA COA
$3,495.00
The 1968 Detroit Tigers became World Champions in a seven-game World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Offered is the opportunity to possess a '68 Detroit Tigers team-signed base with 17+ signatures. The '68 Tigers, skippered by Mayo Smith, were led to the AL pennant, with a 103-59-2 record behind the phenomenal pitching of Denny McLain. The right-hander went 31-6, leading the AL in wins, games started (41), innings pitched (336.0), and complete games (28). McLain won both the AL Cy Young Award and the AL MVP. In the '68 World Series, Mickey Lolich became the Tigers' star, going 3-0, with three complete game wins to take the World Series MVP. In the regular season, left fielder Willie Horton batted .285 with 36 round-trippers and 85 RBIs, Hall of Fame right fielder Al Kaline batted .287 with ten home runs that season, with catcher Bill Freehan and first baseman Norm Cash each hitting 25 homers. Hall of Fame third baseman Eddie Mathews, the only man to have played for the Braves' franchise when it was located in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, was a backup player for the Tigers.
The base is signed by the following, with any inscriptions being added after the signer's name. Hall of Famer: - Al Kaline, "68 World Champs 44." Stars: Denny McLain, "31-6, 1968"; Mickey Lolich; Willie Horton, "1968 World '23' Champ"; Bill Freehan, "#11 68 Champs"; Elroy Face. Plus: Tom Matchick; Gates Brown; Jim Price, "#12"; John Warden, "#39"; Don Wert, "'68 Champs '8'"; Wayne Comer, "'27'"; Dave Campbell, "'23'"; Jim Northrup, "68 Champs"; Hal Narragon, "#52" (coach); and Ernie Harwell (famed radio and television announcer who was the fifth announcer to be given the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award). Plus, MORE.
The team-signed base measures 15x15", with a height of approx. 2". Underneath, the base has an approx. 6" anchor, with rust. The signatures are in blue fine-tip marker or blue marker, and the autographs average about 7 or 8/10. The base exhibits fine use, with dirt marks, scrapes, and abrasions. The offering comes with a PSA LOA for the signatures. The base is in good condition, and it weighs 11.5 lbs.
