Holiday Auction Closing December 7 ,2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2019
Offered is a Mickey Mantle signature on an engraved Official American League Bobby Brown baseball. The Yankees slugger has signed his name in blue pen on the sweet spot. Below the sweet spot is a head and shoulder portrait of Mantle wearing his New York cap, hand-carved into the leather of the ball by renowned sports artist Gregg Packer. Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968 and hit 536 MLB career home runs and batted .300 or more 10 times. Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956, when he led the Major Leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (RBI) (130). He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and a Gold Glove winner once. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including seven championships. This item comes with a full LOA from JSA (BB09179).