Tom Tresh Signed Baseball Yankees – COA JSA

Tom Tresh 9-20-1938 – 10- 5-2008) was a professional baseball infielder and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1961–1969) and Detroit Tigers (1969). Tom Tresh was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was the son of the MLB catcher Mike Tresh. Tom Tresh won both the MLB Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year awards in 1962, hitting .286, his career-best, with 20 home runs and 93 runs batted in in 157 games.  In Game 5 of the 1962 World Series, he broke a 2–2 tie with a three-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning. 

Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Tom Tresh.  He signed it on the sweet spot in a blue ballpoint pen (“9”) and (1962 Rookie of the year.) The ball itself shows toning from age.

Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker