October Legends Closing November 1
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/2/2014
One of the toughest things for young baseball players to do is achieve success immediately upon breaking into the Major Leagues, as the jump in talent level is a huge increase over any level of the minor leagues. However, some do achieve initial stardom. Those players in each league who achieve the highest level of success their first season is awarded the Jackie Robinson Award, also known as the Rookie of the Year. Robinson was the first recipient of the ROY award in 1947. This white OML Selig ball contains 15 blue ink signatures with each adding their year of winning the award. Includes: Cal Ripken, Jr (sweet spot), Fred Lynn, Gary Peters, Chris Chambliss, Don Schwall, Ron Kittle, Joe Charboneau, Gregg Olsen, Rod Carew, Ron Hansen, Al Bumbry, Pat Listach, Gil McDougald, Stan Bahnsen and Bob Hamelin. JSA COA, cert number W25781 from their Witness Protection Program.