Summer Premier Auction 2019
Wed, Sep 11, 2019 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Sep 29, 2019 07:48AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 305
1977-79 ROD CAREW AUTOGRAPHED LOUISVILLE SLUGGER PROFESSIONAL MODEL C243 GAME USED BAT (PSA/DNA GU LOA)
Sold for
$486
Sold Price includes BP
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Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew played 19 seasons in the majors splitting his tenure between the Minnesota Twins (12 seasons) and California Angels (seven). A five-time American League batting champ and 1977 A.L. MVP Carew retired following the 1985 MLB season with a career batting mark of .328. This lot features a Rod Carew Louisville Slugger professional model C243 bat used between 1977 and ’79 a three-year stretch in which Carew recorded 557 hits including a career-best 239 base knocks in 1977.
The 35" 33.8 oz. bat exhibits evidence of excellent use with a handle crack. Several ball marks are visible on the right left and back barrel. The lower handle has been taped approximately 4.25" in a spiral pattern to enhance the grip. There is a heavy coat of pine tar on the handle and the knob has been blacked out with marker. According to bat expert John Taube this particular C243 bat (a 1/2" shorter than his norm with a cupped end) may have been sent to Carew as a sample bat that he ended up using for batting practice. Carew has signed just below his engraved name on the barrel in 6-7/10 black marker. Includes LOA from John Taube of PSA/DNA (1B17879) (GU) as well as a full LOA from PSA/DNA for the autograph (AG01607).
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