The perfect game is one of baseball’s rarest feats, an exhibition of pitching mastery so infrequent it has happened only 23 times since the beginning of the sport. The first perfect game, thrown by Lee Richmond of the Worcester Ruby Legs, occurred in 1880 – when pitches were thrown underhand from only 45 feet away from the batter. The most recent perfect game belongs to Felix Hernandez, the 2010 American League Cy Young Award winner, who twirled his perfecto on August 15th, 2012. To date, Don Larsen has thrown the only postseason perfect game, shutting down a star-studded Brooklyn Dodgers lineup in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

This Official American League Bobby Brown stamped baseball has been signed by 18 of the perfect game hurlers. The late Hall of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter signed the sweet spot. The east panel has Philip Humber (inscribed “P.G. 4-21-12”), Don Larsen (inscribed “PG 10*8*56), Kenny Rogers (inscribed “7-28-94”) and Dallas Braden (inscribed “5-9-10”). The west panel has Felix Hernandez (inscribed “08-15-12”), Mark Buehrle (inscribed “PG 7-23-09”), Hall of Famer Roy Halladay (inscribed “PG 5-29-10”) and Hall of Famer Randy Johnson (inscribed “5-18-04”). The north panel has Dennis Martinez (inscribed “7/2/91”), David Wells (inscribed “P.G. 5*17*98), David Cone (inscribed “P.G. 7-18-99”), Matt Cain (P.G. 6/13/12”) and Mike Witt (inscribed “PG 9/30/84”). The south panel has Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax (inscribed “9/9/65”), Len Barker (inscribed “P.G. 5-15-81”), Hall of Famer Jim Bunning (inscribed “PG 6/21/64”) and Tom Browning (inscribed “P.G. 9-16-88”). All of the signatures have been signed in blue pen and this ball comes with a LOA from JSA.

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