Jackie Robinson Roy Campanella 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball JSA
$4,495.00
The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers, fresh off their 1955 World Series victory, posted a record of 93-61, edging out the Milwaukee Braves for the National League pennant to conclude Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson's final season in the Big Leagues. Don Newcombe secured the NL MVP and the first Cy Young Award, the first player to achieve the feat. Duke Snider led the National League with a career-high 43 round trippers. The farewell tour for the groundbreaking Robinson saw him bat .275 with 10 home runs and 43 RBIs, concluding one of the most legendary careers in MLB history.
Facing off against the New York Yankees in a rematch from the previous season's World Series, Walter Alston's Dodgers fell in a hard-fought seven game series.
This offered Official National League Warren Giles baseball is signed by 28 members of the '56 squad in blue ink. Key signatures on the ball include those of Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Dick Williams, with additional signatures from Dixie Howell, Randy Jackson, Bob Darnell, Rube Walker, Don Zimmer, Roger Craig, Don Newcombe, Don Demeter, Sandy Amoros, and Carl Erskine. The signature of Duke Snider has been deemed a clubhouse by JSA. Accompanied by an LOA from JSA for the signatures.
