Winter Auction 2015 closing February 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2015
While many new members have joined major league baseball’s 500-home- run-club in recent years, bringing the current total to 29, it remains one of the most coveted and respected feats in the game. This set of Rawlings Official National, American and Major League balls are signed by 21 members of this exclusive fraternity, including six members of the 600 home run club. They contain a great section of old time sluggers and modern ball bashers including (in descending order from the highest number of home runs): Barry Bonds (762) on a William D. White NL ball (PSA/DNA W52131); Willie Mays (660) on White NL ball (PSA/DNA W52128); Ken Griffey Jr. (630) on a Bobby Brown American League ball (PSA/DNA T88371); Alex Rodriguez (654) on a Allan H. Selig Major League ball (PSA/DNA W52133); Jim Thome (612) on a Selig Major League ball (PSA/DNA W52124); Sammy Sosa (609) with a “212” inscription on Selig Major League ball (PSA/DNA W52129); Frank Robinson (586) on a Gene A. Budig American League ball (PSA/DNA W52119); Mark McGwire (583) on a Budig AL ball (PSA/DNA W52121); Harmon Killebrew (573) on a Brown AL ball (PSA/DNA W52127); Rafael Palmiero (569) on a Rawlings Gold Glove Award ball (PSA/DNA W52142); Reggie Jackson (563) on a Budig AL ball (PSA/DNA W52117); Manny Ramirez (555) on a Budig AL ball (PSA/DNA W52120); Mike Schmidt (548) on a Leonard S. Coleman ball (PSA/DNA W52123); Mickey Mantle (536) on a Brown AL ball, comes with full PSA/DNA LOA (U06903); Willie McCovey (521) on an A. Bartlett Giamatti ball (PSA/DNA U83367); Frank Thomas (521) on a Brown AL ball (PSA/DNA W52125); Ted Williams (521) on a Brown AL ball comes with full PSA/DNA LOA (U06902); Ernie Banks (512) on a Coleman NL ball (PSA/DNA W52118); Eddie Mathews (512) on a White NL ball (PSA/DNA W52132); Gary Sheffield (509) with a “#11” inscription on a Selig Major League ball (PSA/DNA W52122); Eddie Murray (504) on a White NL ball (PSA/DNA W52130). All balls are signed in blue ball point ink and are in clean white or slightly off white condition with some age spotting, and have been kept in hard plastic display cubes with name and home run total labeling.