DAVE WINFIELD - INSCRIBED BASEBALL SIGNED - HFSID 284601

DAVE WINFIELD
Rawlings "Dave Winfield" baseball, bearing his image and facsimile signature as well as his inscribed signature in blue ink
Baseball inscribed and signed: "To Richard/Dave Winfield/Best/Wishes". Rawlings "Dave Winfield" baseball bearing his image. Signed in blue ink. Over his 22-year career, David Mark "Dave" Winfield (born in 1951) amassed 3,110 hits, 465 home runs and 1,833 RBIs, putting him in a class with the great modern sluggers. In his seven full seasons with the Padres (1973-1980), Winfield established himself as a powerful offensive and defensive force, consistently driving in runs and throwing out runners from right field with his lethal right arm. During the 1979 season, he batted .308 with 34 home runs and 118 RBIs. Winfield signed a lucrative 10-year contract with the Yankees after the 1980 season. He drove in over 100 runs from 1982 through 1986 to become the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio to do so in five consecutive seasons. He came up three shy of 100 in 1987, but collected 107 RBIs in 1988. Winfield  was voted an All-Star from 1977-1988,  and he led the League in RBIs in 1979. Winfield also played for the California Angels (1990-1991), the Toronto Blue Jays (1992), the Minnesota Twins (1993-1994) and the Cleveland Indians (1995). The recipient of seven Gold Glove Awards, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, his first year of eligibility. Fine condition.