Lot # 926: Mike Cubbage Estate Collection (21) with (12) Game-Used Including Milestone Baseballs & 1981 New York Mets Game-Used Jersey

These are the personal artifacts of a man who devoted his life to the game of baseball, Mike “Cubby” Cubbage, who was a Major League player, manager, coach and scout. He played third base for the Minnesota Twins, New York Mets and Texas Rangers, then went on to coach several teams, winning World Series championships with the Mets, Rays and Nationals. They represent many great moments in his life.

GAME-USED:

1)  1981 Mets Home Jersey with number “3” and “Cubbage” patch on the back. Front displays “Mets 3” with the tag “Rawlings 42 – 3 81 1.”

2)  1999 NL Division Series game ball. ONL/Coleman.

3)  Last Game @ Astrodome game ball. “October 3, 1999 - 35 Great Years” stamp. ONL/Coleman Ball.

Milestone Game-Balls: (All have signs of game-use, but we are not altogether sure they are the ball used for a specific At Bat. All have notations by Cubbage such as scores, teams, pitchers, etc.)

4)  First ML Hit/Grand Slam (1975).

5)  2nd Grand Slam (1976).

6)  3rd Grand Slam (1977).

7)  4th Grand Slam (1978).

8)  CYCLE (1978).

9)  First National League Hit (1981).

10)  Last Major League Hit (1981).

11) Last Major League At Bat – Pinch-hit HR (1981).

12)  First Game as MLB Manager (1991).

SIGNED BAT:

1) Al Kaline signed and inscribed Louisville Slugger bat. Beautiful M110 Al Kaline Signature Model with a large (“9-10”) signature reads “To Mike - a Great Baseball Man - Your friend - Al Kaline HOF 80.”

SIGNED BASEBALLS:

Baseballs average toned to white and signatures average ("6 to 8").

1)  Brooks Robinson signed baseball with inscription “Mike, Best Wishes and good luck in your baseball career.”

2)  Al Kaline signed OAL/McPhail ball with the inscription “To Mike Best Wishes.”

3)  Bob Feller signed baseball with inscription “Best Wishes to Mike Cubbage.”

4)  Billy Williams signed ONL/Feeney ball with inscription “To Mike, Best ****”.

5)  Mike Cubbage/Tony Larussa signed OML/Selig ball with two other signatures.

6)  Mike Cubbage signed “Official Valley Baseball League” ball with Inscription “Batting Champ 1968 -.341.”

CARDS/ETC:

1)  1975 Topps Mini Rookie card (NM-MT 8). Cubbage/DeCinces/Sanders/Trillo.

2)  1979 O-Pee-Chee #187 Mike Cubbage (EX-MT).

3)  1976 Burger Chef framed uncut panels (2) with Cubbage and Rod Carew. Matted together and framed to 13x17.

Signed items come with an Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.

The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.