Bernie Williams Yankee Stadium Final Season Commemorative Baseball ()

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Bernie Williams bleeds Yankees blue and white. A Yankees player for his entire career and a fixture in centerfield Williams' name is routinely mentioned by fans and Major League Baseball record keepers in the same breath as Mickey Mantle Joe DiMaggio Phil Rizzuto Reggie Jackson Yogi Berra Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Williams a classy and unassuming man off the field counts among his on-field achievements a .297 lifetime batting average 2336 hits four Gold Glove Awards five All-Star Game appearances and four World Series Championships not to mention an MVP Award for his heroics in the 1996 ALCS and a 1998 AL batting title (which he won with a .339 batting average). His major league records include most post-season games (121) home runs (22) and RBI (80). after doning the pinstripes in 2006 for his final campaign as a New York Yankee it marked his 16th consecutive year of service for the Bombers putting him in a select class with only Lou Gehrig Bill Dickey Frank Crosetti Yogi Berra Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. This Final Season Yankee Stadium commemorative baseball has been hand signed by Bernie Williams. A Steiner Sports Certificate of Authenticity is included.

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