Willie Mays Hand Signed National League Ball in case

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Willie Mays Hand Signed National League Ball in case

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Sold Date: 10/12/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Natural History

Willie May's signed baseball in walnut display case.
This ball was received as a gift in 1993.
It's in great condition never handled.
's some more information about Willie and his career from Wikipedia:

Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931) is a retired American baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets . Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid , Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 , his first year of eligibility. Many consider him to be the greatest all-around player of all-time.

Mays won two MVP awards and tied a record with twenty-four appearances in the All-Star Game . He ended his career with 660 career home runs ,third at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-time. Other career milestones include: in 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players , making him the highest-ranking living player. Later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team . Mays is the only Major League player to have hit a home run in every inning from the 1st through the 16th. He finished his career with a record 22 extra-inning home runs. Mays is one of four NL players to have eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott , Sammy Sosa and Albert Pujols .

Mays' first Major League manager, Leo Durocher , said of Mays: "He could do the five things you have to do to be a superstar: hit, hit with power, run, throw, and field. And he had that other ingredient that turns a superstar into a super superstar. He lit up the room when he came in. He was a joy to be around." [1]

Upon his Hall of Fame induction, Mays was asked to name the best player that he had seen during his career. Mays replied, "I don't mean to be bashful, but I was." [2] Ted Williams once said "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." [3]