In August of 2016 Gary Sanchez made the big leagues to stay. For his rookie campaign, Sanchez batted .299 with 20 homers and finish a close 2nd for Rookie of the Year honors. 2017 was his first full season in the Majors, and he set the new club record for home runs by a catcher with 33, breaking Yogi Berra’s record. Sanchez wore this jersey while hitting two of those 33 homers - photo matched to the May 16th and May 20th, 2017 games by Resolution Photomatching. In the May 16th game, Sanchez had two hits against the Royals including a three-run homer to help the Yanks win 7-1. In the May 20th game against the Rays, Sanchez again had two hits, one being a home run.

This offered gray road jersey has “NEW YORK” across the chest in navy and white tackle twill. A Majestic size 48 label is in the lower left front tail with a Yankees strip tag with “0000007731” barcode. Each sleeve is trimmed in navy and white ribbing and the back features Sanchez’s number “24” in navy and white tackle twill. The Yankees star has signed his numbers in silver pen and added “The Kraken.” The jersey shows great game use with many pine tar stains throughout, most noticeably on the right shoulder where Sanchez rested his bat. Several loose threads on the lettering are visible and there is a blue ink stain on the back below the “2”. A true gamer photo matched to two games featuring Sanchez home runs. The jersey comes with a COA, hologram and letter from Steiner Sports (251518) for the game use and signatures, a MLB Authenticated hologram (JC195729) for the game use and LOA from Resolution Photomatching for the photo match.

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