Lou Gehrig Signed Grey & Red Stitched Baseball
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VERY RARE Lou Gehrig Signed Grey and Red Stitched Anchor Brand baseball. Signed in black ink across the sweet spot. "I took the two most expensive aspirins in history." Yankee first baseman Wally Pipp, who sat out a 1925 game with a headache and lost his position to Lou Gehrig, who would play every game therefor the Yankees until his retirement in 1939.He was the All-Star first baseman for the first seven All-Star teams, from 1933-39, though he retired just prior to the 1939 game. During his 17 seasons, the Yankees won seven pennants and six World Series. Gehrig's World Series contributions include a .361 batting average, 10 home runs and 35 RBI in 34 games. Gehrig was the Yankee captain from 1935 until his death in 1941. In 1969, he was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. In 1989, on the 50th anniversary of the end of his streak, he was honored with a United States postage stamp. In 1999, he was the leading vote-getter for Major League Baseball's All-Century Team. Gehrig was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1939. Comes with a Letter of Authentication from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA), along with the GFA guarantee of authenticity.
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Lou Gehrig Signed Grey & Red Stitched Baseball
Estimate $32,500 - $35,000
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