Winter Auction 2015 closing February 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2015
Among the rarest of all major league accomplishments, only 23 pitchers have ever thrown perfect games, and five of them were thrown prior to 1923. This Rawlings Official Gene A. Budig American League Ball is signed by 14 authors of perfection, all but one with date-of-game inscriptions including Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax “9/9/65,” Jim “Catfish” Hunter “5-8-68,” and Jim Bunning “6/21/64,” as well as future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson “5-18-04,” and also includes: Len Barker “5-13-81,” Matt Cain “6-13-12,” Tom Browning “P.G. 9-16-88,” Mike Witt “9/30/84,” Dallas Braden “P.G. 5.9.10,” David Cone “P.G. 7.18.99,” Kenny Rogers, David Wells “P.G. 5.17.98,” Dennis Martinez “P.G. 7/28/91” and World Series hero Don Larsen “10-8-56.” All signatures are in blue ball point ink (with the exception of Rogers in black) and grade 8-9; comes with PSA/DNA sticker #B57553.