Hall of Fame Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt entered the 1986 season at the age of 36 with 458 career home runs. Schmidt turned back the clock, pumping out 37 home runs to win the National League MVP for the third and final time and coming within five home runs of the prestigious 500 Home Run Club. Schmidt led the NL in both home runs and RBI (119) in 1986 and finished with a solid .290 average.

Offered here is the very Rawlings/Adirondack 154A model bat Schmidt used to hit career home runs 484 and 485 during the 1986 season. For the season, these home runs were numbers 26 and 27 of his soon-to-be NL high of 37. Schmidt hit career home run number 484 during the second game of a double-header on August 16th against Larry McWilliams of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia and added home run number 485 three days later in San Francisco off Giants’ pitcher Kelly Downs.

As one would expect, Schmidt’s bat displays outstanding game use and has a crack on the handle. Three small cracks are present, two of which have been secured with tape. There are ball marks and red shoe polish and black ink transfer marks present on the barrel. The bat’s model number “154A” along with the order number “226” and year “6” is stamped on the knob. Schmidt’s number “20” is handwritten in bold black marker on the knob and the bat’s weight “32” is handwritten in blue pen. Above the Rawlings trademark is handwritten in blue marker “84”, along with a blue dot below, plus “85”, which is handwritten in black marker next to it and a black dot below – both indicating home run numbers. The top barrel has three marks. A great bat attributed to two home runs from one of baseball’s all-time power hitters. This comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B19410) for the game use and has been graded a near-perfect GU 9.

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