Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Signed Baseball PSA DNA COA
$34,995.00
While the offered Official American League baseball is signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and 27 other players spanning the next 40 years, the inclusion of 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Donie Bush and Infielder Joe Cronin indicate that is was likely started during the 1927 World Series. These "Barnard" baseballs were issued in October 1927, when Ernest S. Barnard became commissioner of the American League, and furthermore, "1927" is written over the "REACH" logo on the west panel. In the ''27 Series, Yanks swept Bush''s Pirates in four games, with Game 3 and Game 4 at Yankee Stadium. The young man who acquired the signatures lived in New York for many years where he continued to add signatures into the 1960s, when he relocated to Chicago. In addition to its ''27 Series lineage, the ball also features 16 Hall of Famers, three 500 Home Run Hitters (Ruth, Mays, Mantle), two 60 Home Run Hitters (Ruth and Maris) and one member of the 1919 Black Sox (Red Faber).
30 Signatures include: Babe Ruth (HOF, sweet spot), Roger Maris (HOF, sweet spot), Lou Gehrig (HOF), Mickey Mantle (HOF, reverse sweet spot), Joe Cronin (HOF, 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates), Willie Mays (HOF), Stan Musial (HOF), Frank Crosetti, Phil Rizzuto (HOF), Bob Shawkey (1927 Yankees), Luke Appling (HOF), Ford Frick (HOF), Dutch Henry, Red Faber (HOF, 1927 White Sox), Tommy Thomas, Yogi Berra (HOF), Hank Bauer, Ed Lopat (HOF), Willie Kamm (1927 White Sox), Bill Dickey (HOF), Ted Lyons (HOF, 1927 White Sox), Butch Henline (1927 Brooklyn Dodgers), Donie Bush (Manager, 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates), Dizzy Trout, Whitey Ford (HOF), Carl Reynolds (1927 White Sox), JC Martin, Rocky Colavito (sweet spot) and Johnny Keane. Accompanied by LOA from PSA/DNA. The ball is evenly toned with bright red and blue laces. The signatures are bold and blue. Excellent to Mint condition.
