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Lou Gehrig Signed Red Stitched Baseball

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:5.00 USD Estimated At:14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD
Lou Gehrig Signed Red Stitched Baseball
Lou Gehrig (June 19, 1903–June 2, 1941) Lou Gehrig signed unmarked baseball. Clean, Clear, Crisp, Bold signature in black ink across the sweet spot. The baseball has lost all significant manufacturer markings because of age. “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 there for 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 34games. Gehrig was the Yankee captain from 1935 until his death in 1941. In1969, 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.