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2 Signed Baseballs Marking Tommy John’s 4th and 5th Wins for the 1987 Yankees.
Lot 38. 2 Signed Baseballs Marking Tommy John’s 4th and 5th Wins for the 1987 Yankees. The ball for the fourth win on May 25 is game-used. John pitched 6.1 innings and yielded two earned runs in a 6-3 win over the Angels at Anaheim Stadium. The OAL Brown ball has an incorrect date of May 15 on the sweet spot; the game was actually on May 25. Often, game balls were put aside and marked later in the season. The ball has the Yankees’ score on the north panel, and the Angels’, on the south. John signed the north panel. He earned his fifth win, for a 5-1 record, on May 31 against the A’s at Yankee Stadium. Pitching six innings, he gave up five hits and two runs. The Yankees won, 9-5. John commemorated the victory on an nm (very minor discoloration spots) Brown ball, which has the date on the north panel, the score on the sweet spot and “Win #5” on the south. He signed the north panel. Kevin Keating authenticated both signatures, which are mint 9 to gem mint 10.
Winning Bid $121.
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