This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/10/2004.
Only 20 men have accomplished the near-impossible feat of belting at least 500 homeruns during their career, the first being the great Babe Ruth in 1929. The latest addition to the "club" was Ken Griffey Jr., when he hit his 500th this past June 20th, 2004. Interestingly, only five of these standouts have hit all of their career homeruns with one club: Ernie Banks, Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott, Mike Schmidt and Ted Williams. This collection of Rawlings and Louisville Slugger baseball bats has each been single signed by eleven 500 homerun hitters including Ted Williams (rare signature "Theodore Samuel Williams" with affixed placard reading "The Splendid Splinter, Hall Of Fame 1966), Frank Robinson (who added "586"), Barry Bonds, Eddie Murray (who added "#33"), Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Willie McCovey (who added "HOF 86"), Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews (who added "512 HRs"), Hank Aaron and Harmon Killebrew. The bats are NR-MT, the signatures are 8s and 9s and come with a letter from PSA/DNA.