Bill Mazeroski Signed Baseball Pirates – COA JSA

Presented is an ONL (Coleman) baseball autographed by Bill Mazeroski.  He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). ” He inscribed the ball Bill Mazeroski and the date 10-13-60″. (“Mazeroski was a key member of two Pirates World Series championship teams, in the 1960”).

Bill Mazeroski nicknamed “Maz” and “The Glove he played second base who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972 and hit one of the epic home runs in major league history, a dramatic ninth-inning blast that decided the 1960 World Series and remains the only walk-off home run in a World Series game seven. He turned the most double plays (1,706) at second base in MLB history and was a Gold Glove Award winner eight times. Mazeroski took part in 10 All-Star Games and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. 

Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker

This ball is from one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of autographed baseballs in the world. Altogether they were easily displayable in custom shelf form and alphabetically displayed, nonetheless. The choice of medium was visually easy for the encyclopedic collector who put these together. It took several decades to amass these rare autographs of the most prominent entertainers, historical figures, and sports players.  It proved quite difficult to acquire autographs of non-ballplayers on such an odd object (a baseball), but diligence proved otherwise and that it’s possible. So, now with the collection complete and his shelves empty there’s only one thing left to do…. bid on this item and start the challenge to see how far you can take it.