Spring Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 12:30PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 702
DON GUTTERIDGE'S 1978 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 14K GOLD NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP RING (GUTTERIDGE FAMILY LOA)
Sold for
$3,114
Sold Price includes BP
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Beautiful 14 carat white gold 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers National League Championship Ring given to long time Dodger scout Don Gutteridge. 1978 would see the Dodgers again lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series 4 games to 2 for the second year in a row. This time losing 4 straight after taking the first 2. Gutteridge spent a lifetime in baseball as a player coach manager and scout. For 12 years he performed as a player in the big leagues being both a member of the famed St. Louis Cardinals gas house gang in the 1930's and also for the St. Louis Browns in 1944 when they won their only American League pennant. He also played for the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates. He briefly managed the Chicago White Sox in 19691970. In his later years he became a scout a position he held with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1975 through his retirement in 1992. Top design of ring has Dodger logo with a real diamond for the baseball on a blue stone with "National League Champions 1978" around the edge. On one side is a pair of crossed bats and ball with his #28 and a facsimile Don Gutteridge autograph. Other side has Dodger Stadium scoreboard with "3-347-845" on it right above "LA" logo. The Dodgers became the first team in baseball history to draw more than 3000000 fans with 3347845 total attendance during the memorable 1978 season. Stamped "Balfour 14K" on the inside. Ring size 11 1/4.
LOA from the Gutteridge Family.
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