December 17th, 2014 Holiday Catalog Auction (#43)

Lot #62:

1986 "Miracle Mets" Gary Carter World Series Game 4 Game-Used & Personally Inscribed Home Run Baseball (JSA • Carter Family LOA • Game-Winning HR)

After an impressive 1985 season, the New York Mets vaulted themselves atop the division with a franchise-best 108-54 regular season record. Down to their last strike in Game 6 of the World Series, Mookie Wilson grinded out a 10-pitch at-bat that led to a slow dribbler towards Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, who let the ball roll through his legs to allow the Mets to reach Game 7 and eventually win the World Series. In Game 4 with the Mets down in the series two games to one, Carter blasted a two-run homerun in the fourth inning to put the Mets up 2-0 and eventually tie the series at two games apiece. “Rawlings” manufactured “OFFICIAL BALL 1986 WORLD SERIES” baseball. Carter inscribed the baseball in pen, “Home Run Ball – Hit Off Al Nipper In The 4th Inning Of The 4th Game At Fenway Park In Boston. It Was Game Winning 2-Run Homer”. The baseball shows great signs of game-use with toning throughout. This is a great piece of history in one of the most dramatic World Series of all-time. Accompanied by an LOA from JSA and a Carter family LOA.

This lot is consigned to us directly from the Carter Family in an effort to raise money for their charity, The Gary Carter Foundation.

The Gary Carter Foundation aims to better the physical, mental and spiritual well being of children as well as its primary focus, the Autism Project of Palm Beach County. We are proud supporters of their efforts and hope that the auctioning off of these items aids their efforts. To learn more about The Gary Carter Foundation, please visit their website at: GaryCarter.org