December Card & Memorabilia Auction Dec 9 - 18/19
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/18/2022
The Hall of Famer Al Kaline was issued this Detroit Tigers St. Patrick’s Day hat and jersey during spring training in 2017. Kaline, known as “Mr. Tiger,” played his entire 22-season career in Detroit, hitting .297 with 399 homers and 3,007 hits in his incredible career. The offered jersey is a green button-down with “KALINE” and his iconic number “6” sewn on the jersey’s back in white tackle twill. A white tackle twill Tigers logo is sewn on the left chest. A “Mr. I” Mike Ilitch memorial patch is sewn on the left sleeve above the Majestic logo, while a shamrock patch is sewn on the right sleeve. A Majestic size “46” tag is applied to the front left tail. The cap is a size 7 ¼, with Kaline’s “6” handwritten inside the cap in black marker. Both the jersey and cap are accompanied by an MLB Authenticated holograms (JC208768 – Jersey & JC208857 – Cap) stating that the items were removed from play on March 17th, 2017.