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2001 Ichiro Suzuki Game Used & Signed Rookie Bat, PSA/DNA GU 9 -- MVP Season!...
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2001 Ichiro Suzuki Game Used & Signed Rookie Bat, PSA/DNA GU 9 -- MVP Season! Not Ty Cobb, not Pete Rose, not any player in the history of Major League Baseball has recorded a decade of such prolific hitting as the man who began his first decade wielding the bat we present here. A rookie at twenty-seven, Seattle's new arrival from Japan's Orix Blue Wave would claim the 2001 American League's Rookie of the Year, the MVP and the batting championship, as well as a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger and an All-Star berth, plunging a knife through the heart of the conventional wisdom that Nippon League stardom could not translate to the American game. It could be argued that Ichiro's rookie campaign was the greatest in the full history of the Majors.Baseball purists will defend the official monarchy of Pete Rose for the metric, but it is mathematical fact that Ichiro's combined Nippon and MLB hit tallies (4,367) surpass that of Charlie Hustle. We can never know what might have been had Ichiro dedicated his nine seasons of Blue Wave service to the Bigs instead, but clear-headed consideration would lead most to the conclusion that Rose would have fallen.
Game use is characterized as "excellent" by the experts at PSA/DNA, leaving little doubt that the personal model Mizuno Pro delivered some portion of Ichiro's first 242 hits recorded on this side of the Pacific Ocean. Ball marks, ink transfers and rack streaks adorn the barrel, while light pine tar remains on the uncracked handle. Ichiro's number "51" and "A" for "ash" wood construction is stamped into the barrel. Length is thirty-three inches (33"), weight thirty-one ounces (31 oz.). Silver sharpie signature on barrel is 7/10 due to some surface wear. LOA from PSA/DNA, GU 9. Letter of provenance from family of Ichiro's agent Tony Attanasio. Full LOA from PSA/DNA.
Auction Info
2025 May 16 - 18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction #50077 (go to Auction Home page)
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May, 2025
16th-18th
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