Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 276
1998 MARK McGWIRE (70 HR SEASON) GAME USED ADIRONDACK PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT
Sold for
$1,136.40
Sold Price includes BP
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Former MLB slugger Mark McGwire turned the baseball world on its ear in 1998 when he went toe-to-toe with Chicago Cubs’ home run basher Sammy Sosa in what became baseball’s most watched home run race since New York Yankees teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle slugged it out in 1961. The 6’ 5” McGwire playing for the St. Louis Cardinals wound up with a then-MLB record 70 round-trippers followed by Sosa’s 66 for the single-season campaign.
This lot features one of McGwire’s game used Rawlings Adirondack pro model bats from that headline-grabbing season. The 33-ounce 34.5” inch-long “Big Stick” branded ash bat exhibits plenty of game use with multiple cleat and bat rack marks throughout as well as dozens of baseball contact marks littered about the barrel. A 10-inch long portion near the center of the bat is covered in dried pine tar. The knob of the bat is engraved with “MAC 25” “289” and “98” to reflect McGwire his uniform number the bat model and the season in question. "33 McGwire" is hand-written in black ink on the knob of the bat. Besides leading the majors in home runs and walks (162) in 1998 McGwire batted .299 that season with 147 runs batted in.
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