Ryan Howard’s rookie year was perhaps the finest turned in by any player in the history of the Philadelphia Phillies franchise. The kid batted .288 with 22 home runs and helped keep a mediocre Phillies team in the running right down to the last week of the 2005 season. Howard’s rookie year SAM BIGS1 model bat shows heavy use and is un-cracked. Many ball marks and stitch impressions are visible and ball marks include blue ink transfers. Cleat imprints can be seen and an impression of a weighted batting donut is present. Green bat rack paint streaks and contact marks from other bats are visible and a light coat of Mota Stick is on the handle. The bat’s specs are written on the knob in black ink and Howard’s number “6” is written on both ends in black marker. Howard has signed the barrel in black marker adding “To Brian, Best Wishes”. This bat comes with a full LOA from PSA/DNA (1B03720) for the game use and a COA from PSA/DNA (AB73580) for the signature.

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