JULY 19TH AUCTION
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/20/2013
Already the owner of a Hall of Fame worthy career, Barry Bonds went
west to join the San Francisco Giants in 1993. Changing his uniform
number to “24” in honor of his godfather Willie Mays, Bonds hit a
combined .315 with 116 home runs his first 3 seasons with the Giants.
The Stix 238 bat shows heavy game use and the handle has been cracked in
half. The barrel is covered in ball marks, stitch impressions and bat
rack paint tracks. The handle has been taped by Bonds for enhanced grip
and heavily coating with pine tar. Bonds’ number “25”, which he started
using after he joined San Francisco in 1993, has been written on the
knob end. This is an exquisite bat showing the right amount of use you
would want to see on a bat heavily used by the game’s reigning home run
king. Letter of Opinion from MEARS who have graded this important bat
A8.