Offered is a baseball signed by the famed center fielders of 1950s New York baseball, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider and Willie Mays. Mantle has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot. Snider has signed his name, also in blue pen, above the stitches over the sweet spot, while Mays has signed his name below the sweet spot, in blue pen. In the 1950s, Mantle, Snider and Mays each patrolled center field in the same city at the same time - Mays for the New York Giants, Mantle for the New York Yankees and Snider for the Brooklyn Dodgers.  Each was eventually inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for their achievements.

Mantle played for the Yankees from 1951 to 1968, hit 536 MLB career home runs, and batted .300 or more 10 times. He won the Triple Crown in 1956, when he led the Major Leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (130). Mays won two National League Most Valuable Player awards and ended his career with 660 home runs—third at the time of his retirement and currently fifth all-time—and won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957, when the award was introduced. Snider was named to the National League All-Star roster eight times and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner-up in 1955. In his 16 out of 18 seasons with the Dodgers, he helped lead the Dodgers to six World Series, with victories in 1955 and 1959. This ball comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (AC07395).

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