Spring Premier Auction 2016
Wed, Apr 6, 2016 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Apr 24, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 677
1968 STEVE CARLTON AUTOGRAPHED ST. LOUIS CARDINALS GAME WORN HOME JERSEY (DELBERT MICKEL COLLECTION)
Sold for
$30,343.20
Sold Price includes BP
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Steve Carlton a hard-throwing southpaw was affectionately known as Lefty throughout his 24-year MLB career. He racked up an incredible 329 victories during his tenure 15 seasons of which were spent with the Philadelphia Phillies. His early seasons however were spent pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1965 to 71. His first 77 big league wins came as a member of the Cardinals including 13 Ws from the 1968 season in which he struck out 162 batters over 232 innings pitched.
This lot features Leftys 1968 St. Louis Cardinals game-worn home jersey from that productive season. The offered jersey is stunning in prime all-original condition yet showing remnants of game use. All its elements are simply sublime from the pristine black-and-red felt letters and numbers on the front and back to the elegant chenille Cardinals two-bird logo above the cursive "Cardinals" on the front. The jersey carries the red Rawlings tag (size 44) on the front-left tail (shows some slight fraying of the edges) plus the cleaning tag at the bottom of the tail and a small adjacent flag tag with "Set 1 1968." Between the two tags is "Carlton 68" in scripted red stitching. The Baseball Hall of Famer has added a striking black Sharpie autograph to the front of the shirt beneath his number 32 adding the inscription: "HOF 94." All seven original buttons on the front of the jersey remain intact. This is truly an exceptional piece of game-worn uniform from one of Major League Baseballs most productive left-handers in history. Did you know he won four Cy Young Awards and struck out 4136 batters?
Autograph is pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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