In 2016, Boston’s beloved DH David Ortiz wrapped up his Hall of Fame bound career in style by surpassing several baseball icons on the career home run list. Each month he surpassed another legend: in July he topped Ted Williams’ mark of 522 career home runs and in August, he passed Jimmie Foxx. After passing Mickey Mantle, Ortiz wore this road gray Boston Red Sox jersey and cleats during the September 20th game against the Orioles in Baltimore. While wearing this jersey and cleats, Ortiz had a solid day at the plate, going 2-5 with his 539^th career home run and 3 RBI, helping the Red Sox to an 5-2 victory.

This Majestic size 50 FlexBase jersey has the traditional “BOSTON” in Tuscan font sewn on across the button-down front in red and navy tackle twill. The Majestic tag is screen-printed on the bottom front left tail and the Majestic team tag is screen printed on the bottom front center tail that reads “#34 ORTIZ 2016 50”. The back of the jersey has “ORTIZ” and his now retired “34” sewn on in red and navy tackle twill, with a vinyl MLB logo patch sewn on the upper back neck. The bottom back tail of the jersey and the sides are lined in gray mesh. The left sleeve has the hanging “socks” logo patch above the red embroidered Majestic logo. Ortiz signed his name diagonally on the “4” on the back of the jersey and added inscriptions “HR 539” on the “4” and on each horizontal side of the “3” that read “Game Used”, “9/20/16” and “Final Season”. This jersey shows light use and has a couple of light stains on the back right shoulder and it comes with a MLB Authenticated hologram (JB848163) and a Fanatics hologram (AA0004160) which both authenticates the game use, signature and inscription.

Also included in this lot are the gray New Balance cleats Ortiz wore during the September 20th game. These cleats display moderate wear and have red and black trim. Ortiz’s number “34” is printed on the heels in the McAuliffe-style font in black and red. The laces are red Ortiz has signed each cleat in black marker on the toes, while inscribing “GU 9-20-16” and “HR 539” on each. These cleats come with individual holograms from MLB Authenticated (JB848175 – Left & JB848176 – Right) and Fanatics (ZZ1117872 – Left & ZZ1117873 – Right) for the game use and signatures.

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