Denny McLain Signed Baseball Tigers “31-6 – 1968” – COA JSA

Denny McLain was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, most notably for the Detroit Tigers. In 1968, McLain became the most recent Major League Baseball pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season (with a record of 31–6) — a feat accomplished by only 11 players in the 20th century. In 1968, McLain completed a 31–6 record along with a 1.96 earned run average, as the Tigers won the American League pennant by 12 games.

Presented is an OML (Selig) baseball autographed by Denny McLain. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”) with his record in 1968 (“31-6 – 1968”).

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.