Mike Piazza Mizuno PROFESSIONAL Model GAME USED Baseball Bat w/ CO Authenticity For Sale

MIKE PIAZZA GAME USED MIZUNO PROFESSIONAL LIMITED BASEBALL BAT

-> 09/29/2013 - 27th inductee into the New York Mets HOF<-

Cooperstown Hall of Fame 2016 Mike Piazza elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 7/24/2016

WITH LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM B & E Collectibles, Inc. dated 11/2001

This Pro Limited bat was obtaineddirectly from the New York Mets Ball club, and was purchased at the height of Mr. Piazza\'s careerby a true Mike Piazza Fan, who confirmed the letter of authenticity with an expert.

The bat has Mike Piazza\'s # 31 marked on the knob and cap of the bat, also \'MP\' is stamped into the handle knob and is100% Authentic, (see letter of authenticity for complete details).

This bat is UNCRACKED, and is GAME USED that exhibitsball and cleat marks with light tar on the handle. Examine the photo of Piazza usinga Mizunobat, and read the interview article with Piazza...

Any comprehensive bat collection would have to include a weapon from the greatest hitter to ever play at the catcher position. At his best, Piazza was a rare combination of precision and strength at the plate, with the kind of opposite field power rarely seen in the game. Through the years, Mike Piazza’s professional model bat of choice was Mizuno, but he was known to use Rawlings/Adirondack bats on rare occasions towards the latter portion of his career. He also used Worth bats and Louisville Slugger bats at times during the first few years of his playing days. In fact, the Louisville Sluggers you will encounter are often of the cherry-colored variety.

Piazza’s affinity for Mizuno bats resulted from an experiment with bats made for Jose Canseco. After homering twice against the Padres in San Diego in 1993 while using one of those Canseco models, Piazza decided to become – as he says – \"a Mizuno man.\"

His primary uniform number \"31\" can often be found in black marker on both ends of his Mizuno gamers. He also wore \"25\" (early years with Los Angeles Dodgers) and \"33\" (San Diego Padres) during his career. Autographed gamers are extremely difficult to find because Piazza was not a very active signer while he was a player, although more autographed/game-used equipment has become available post retirement as a result of a deal with KLF Sports Investments. Many of his well-used bats have a light coating of concentrated pine tar on the upper handle area in addition to clusters of cleat marks on the back barrel. These are key Piazza game-use characteristics.

Michael Joseph Piazza (September 4, 1968 - ) was arguably the best-hitting catcher in Major League history and holds the record for most home runs by a catcher (396), finishing his career with a total of 427. The Los Angeles Dodgers took Piazza in the 62ndround of the 1988 amateur draft – in part as a favor by his godfather, manager Tommy Lasorda. Privileged as a boy to be tutored Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in history, Mike displayed his ability to hit for average and for power in A+. AA and Triple-A ball before his call up in 1992. His debut came late in the 1992 season, and during his tenure with the Dodgers (1992-1998), Piazza was named the 1993 National League Rookie of the Year after hitting .318 with 35 home runs and 112 RBI; that same season Piazza was selected for his first of twelve All-Star Games, and won the first of ten Silver Slugger Awards. His best season came in 1997, hitting .362 with 40 home runs and 124 RBI. After a brief stint with the Florida Marlins (1998), he was sent to the New York Mets (1998-2005) and helped lead the team to back-to-back play-off appearances. He finished his playing career with one-year contracts with the San Diego Padres (2006) and Oakland Athletics (2007). Slamming 427 home runs in his career, Piazza holds a .308 batting average with 2,127 hits, 1,048 runs scored and 1,335 RBI. Though not especially remembered for his strong arm and ability to catch potential base stealers (23% caught stealing), Piazza posted an impressive .989 fielding percentage with 10,844 putouts and 733 assists behind the plate. Mike Piazza was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.

Approximate Value: $850

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