In 1949 the New York Yankees won the first of their five consecutive World Series championships. Led by the aging Joe DiMaggio and a crack pitching staff led by Vic Raschi, Ed Lopat, and Allie Reynolds, the Yankees won 97 regular season games during manager Casey Stengel’s first year with the team. Their World Series foe was the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team the Yankees would face 11 times in the Fall Classic. This iteration of the rivalry ended the way most did: with a dominating Yankee victory. The Bronx Bombers won the series in five games to win their 12th World Series title.

     This baseball, from an unknown manufacturer, has been signed by 15 members of the ’49 Yanks, including Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto. Other signatures include Ed Lopat, Allie Reynolds, Jerry Coleman, Vic Raschi, Clarence “Cuddles” Marshall, Charlie Silvera, Tommy Byrne, Bobby Brown, Cliff Mapes, Hank Bauer, Jim Turner, and Fred Sanford. The signatures are written in black pen. This baseball has “First Home Run / Hit By Jackie Phillips / As a Yankee 6/20/49” written on the sweet spot in black pen by an unknown hand. This item is accompanied by a LOA from JSA (Z11704).

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