Holiday Auction Closing December 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/4/2016
In just two and a half years in New York, Ichiro would add over 300 hits to his tally, edging him ever closer to the rarified plateau of 3,000 career hits. Counting his Japanese League tally, Ichiro has well over 4,000 career hits, putting him in the same stratosphere as Pete Rose and Ty Cobb. This Mizuno 31 Pro AO bat shows outstanding use and is un-cracked. Many ball marks with stitch impressions can be seen along with white leather ball scuffs and blue ink transfers. The imprint of a weighted batting donut is visible and there is a light coat of pine tar on the handle. Ichiro’s number “31” stamped into the knob and he has signed the barrel in silver ink and included his number “31” and “4000” to mark his number of hits in the Japanese and MLB. This bat comes with a full LOA from PSA/DNA (1B10372) who have graded this bat a GU 10 and a STICKER ONLY from PSA/DNA (AB67372) for the signature.