October Legends
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/2/2013
Hall of Fame shortstop “Little Louie” Aparicio led the AL in stolen bases for the first nine years of his career with the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles compiling a total of 506 thefts in his 18-year career (36th on the all-time list). A consistent (.262) if not great hitter Aparicio hit a career-high .313 at age 36 in 1970 with the White Sox and racked up a career-total of 2,677 hits. This Hillerich & Bradsby S44 model, used by Aparicio at some time during the 1969-1972 modeling period, shows excellent use with multiple ball marks, stitch impressions and grain swelling on the barrel behind the Aparicio signature branding and contains a crack high up on the handle with a small amount of pine tar down low by the knob. PSA/DNA sticker (#1B04035) is affixed to end of barrel; comes with full PSA/DNA letter of authenticity, and GU 7.5 grading.