Opening Day Auction Closing May 9th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2015
Coming off a 20-win campaign with St. Louis the previous season, hopes were high for Steve Carlton upon his move to Philadelphia in 1972. This Official National League (Feeney) ball was used early in that season, as the lefty got the win in his team’s 3-0 victory over the Giants at San Francisco’s historic Candlestick Park. Carlton, who fanned 14 in that game, signed and inscribed the ball “4/25/72 Win #3 Phils 3 Giants 0.” The early-season victory, number 80 of his career, was a sign of things to come, as the future Hall of Famer would win a career-high 27 games and the Cy Young Award in that ’72 campaign. This lot comes with a MEARS LOA and a JSA Auction Letter.