Justin Verlander blew into the majors with a rookie season for the ages - 17-9 with a 3.63 ERA and the ability to throw over the 100 mph. He fanned 124 as the Tigers went all the way to the World Series. At the end of the year the Rookie of the Year voting was just a formality as Detroit's youngest star took home the coveted award. This is the glove he used that first season. The Rawlings Pro 1000-9K/12.25" glove shows excellent game use. The pocket and inside of the web are well-worn as are the finger tips and the deer skin palm interior exhibits perspiration staining. The glove's special features include the two-piece triple action web and added index finger sleeve. Rawlings label and round logo are all present and the glove has been further customized by having "Justin Verlander" embroidered in red script along the thumb. The 6 time all-star has signed the base of the thumb in blue Sharpie adding his number "35" and "Game Used 2006". PSA/DNA sticker U77455 has been affixed to the top of the thumb and sticker number 1G00089 is affixed to the interior. Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA. This glove also comes with a LOA from Resolution Photomatching (425450) who state in part of their findings “while a conclusive photomatch could not be made to the glove pictured...we believe images from 7/15/2006, 7/21/2006, and 7/26/2006 show possible photomatches to the glove pictured...and images from 8/1/2006 show a probable photomatch to the glove pictured above.”

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