This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/5/2007.
The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates team featured eight All-Stars but was widely predicted to lose the World Series to a powerful New York Yankees team. In one of the most memorable World Series in history, the Pirates were defeated by more than ten runs in three games, won three close games, then recovered from a 7-4 deficit late in Game Seven to eventually win on a walk-off home run by HOFer Bill Mazeroski, a second baseman better known for defensive wizardry. Just under 11" tall at the highest flag, the trophy features a gold crown atop an arc centerpiece over a silver baseball, surrounded by 16 gold flags with black lettering on stanchions, one for each Major League team. The two World Series teams' press pins are mounted on small poles on the 7" diameter black base, in front of the silver baseball. The surrounding gold band reads "World Champions, Pittsburgh Pirates 1960." There is a Balfour manufacturer's sticker underneath the base. In overall EXMT-NRMT condition with very minor tarnishing on the silver baseball and some minor bending of several stanchions which can easily be straightened. Accompanied by a LOA from Pirates pitcher Bob Friend, whose personal World Series trophy this was.