October Legends
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/2/2013
In a blockbuster trade with Cleveland, the Tigers swapped Harvey Kuenn for Rocky Colavito. While Kuenn’s bat cooled off, The Rock quickly demonstrated he was worth the trade by turning in his best season in 1961, hitting 45 homes, 140 RBI and 129 runs scored. This game used Hillerich & Bradsby K55 was used by Colavito during the 1961-1963 seasons while he was in the midst of becoming one of the few players in history to record 11 consecutive seasons of 20 or more home runs. Rocky batted a combined .278 with 104 homers for those years and as such, this bat shows excellent use. The handle, with evidence of removed adhesive tape, has been cracked and repaired with nails. Ball marks and stitch impressions can be seen throughout the barrel. Rocky’s number “7” is written on the knob in black marker along with the weight “31.7” in pencil. Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA who have graded this bat GU 7.