Lot # 772: 1957 American League Champion New York Yankees Team-Signed Baseball with (27) Signatures Including Tough Casey Stengel/Mickey Mantle Sweet Spot - Full JSA LOA

Capture the 23rd New York Yankees team to win the American League pennant, when you track down this 1957 Yankees team-signed baseball. A generic Official League model, this period-signed ball hosts a total of (27) signatures, including wizened manager “Casey” Stengel and 1957 AL MVP Mickey Mantle on the sweet spot. While those two names alone are worth the price of admission, this glorious ball boasts many of the other great stars of the 1950s Yankees dynasty, who were champions on multiple occasions. While the signatures have softened slightly over the seventy years since they were applied to this vintage orb, all retain sufficient integrity to be easily recognized.

Featured signers are:

Sweet Spot: “Casey” Stengel (HOF, manager, d.1975), Mickey Mantle (HOF);

North panel: Don Larsen, Bob Turley, Charlie Keller (coach), Andy Carey, Joe Collins, Bill Skowron;

South panel: “Yogi” Berra (HOF), Enos Slaughter (HOF), Bobby Richardson, Al Cicotte, Johnny Kucks, Tommy Byrne;

East panel: Jerry Coleman, Tom Sturdivant, Elston Howard (d.1980), Ralph Terry, Bobby Shantz, Art Ditmar, Ed (“Whitey”) Ford (HOF);

West panel: Gil McDougald, Hank Bauer, Darrell Johnson, Tony Kubek (rookie season), Bob Grim, Jim Turner (coach).

 Full LOA from James Spence/JSA.