This listing is for a rare Ted Kluszewski Signed Baseball Bat. The bat is an official CWS-87 Chicago White Sox Louisville Slugger. It is hand signed in gold marker towards the end of the barrel, and measures just under 35" inches long. The bat and signature are in excellent condition. The bat has never been used. It has some marks on the ends from being stored in a tube. Please see the detailed photos below and contact us with any questions. We have a low opening bid price, so don't miss your chance to get a great deal!
Theodore Bernard "Big Klu" Kluszewski (September 10, 1924 – March 29, 1988) was an American professional baseball player from 1947 through 1961. He spent most of his 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Cincinnati Reds as a first baseman.
Kluszewski was a National League (NL) All-Star for four seasons. He had a .298 lifetime batting average, hitting over .290 three-times and over .300 seven-times. In 1954, he was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) runner-up (he had a .326 batting average, led the NL in home runs (49), RBI (141), and fielding average (.996)). In 1959, Kluszewski was traded late in the season to the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted .297 and did not commit any errors in 31 games for Chicago which helped the "Go Go" White Sox of the 1950s clinch the American League pennant. In 1962, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.
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