BGS Authentic, Signed/Auto 10, Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra, 1957T, #407 (Rare)

BGS Authentic, Signed/Auto 10, Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra, 1957T, #407 (Rare). Of the New York Yankees. The autographed card is an 1957 Topps, #407 (last card in the set). The item you will be getting is in the scanned images. Card size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player.

Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Mantle was one of the greatest offensive threats of any center fielder in baseball history. He has the second highest career OPS+ among center fielders, (behind Mike Trout) and he had the highest stolen base percentage in history at the time of his retirement. In addition, compared to the other four center fielders on the All-Century team, he had the lowest career rate of grounding into double plays, and he had the highest World Series on-base percentage and World Series slugging percentage. He also had an excellent.

984 fielding percentage when playing center field. Mantle was able to hit for both average and power, especially tape measure home runs, a term that had its origin in a play-by-play caller reacting to one of Mantle's 1953 home runs.

He hit 536 MLB career home runs, batted. 300 or more ten times, and is the career leader (tied with Jim Thome) in walk-off home runs, with 13, 12 in the regular season and one in the postseason.

He is the only player in history to hit 150 home runs from both sides of the plate. Mantle is 16th all-time in home runs per at bats. He is 17th in on-base percentage. He was safe three out of four times he attempted to steal a base.

He won the MVP Award three times, came in second three times, and came within nine votes of winning five times. Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956, when he led the major leagues in batting average. 353, home runs (52), and runs batted in (RBI) (130).

He later wrote a book (My Favorite Summer 1956) about his best year in baseball. He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that were played during his career.

He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and a Gold Glove winner once. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including seven championships, and he holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123).

Wikipedia Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 - September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player-more than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of. 285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only six players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Berra was a native of St. Louis and signed with the Yankees in 1943 before serving in the United States Navy as a gunner's mate in the Normandy landings during World War II, where he earned a Purple Heart. He made his major-league debut at age 21 in 1946 and was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup during the team's championship years beginning in 1949 and continuing through 1962.

Despite his short stature (he was 5 feet 7 inches [1.70 m] tall), Berra was a power hitter and strong defensive catcher. Berra played 18 seasons with the Yankees before retiring after the 1963 season.

He spent the next year as their manager, then joined the New York Mets in 1965 as coach (and briefly a player again). Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, serving the last four years as their manager. He is one of nine managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. Berra appeared as a player, coach or manager in every one of the 13 World Series that New York baseball teams won from 1947 through 1981.

Overall, he played or coached in 21 World Series, 13 on the winning side. Berra caught Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. He also holds the all-time record for shutouts caught with 173. The Yankees retired his uniform number 8 in 1972; Bill Dickey had previously worn number 8, and both catchers had that number retired by the Yankees.

The club honored him with a plaque in Monument Park in 1988. Berra was named to the MLB All-Century Team in a vote by fans in 1999. For the remainder of his life, he was closely involved with the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which he opened on the campus of Montclair State University in 1998. Berra quit school after the eighth grade.

He was known for his malapropisms as well as pithy and paradoxical statements, such as "It ain't over'til it's over", while speaking to reporters. He once simultaneously denied and confirmed his reputation by stating, I really didn't say everything I said. This card has been Authenticated by BGS, # 00013273786. Autograph Cond: 10 (Mint) Please see scans for actual condition.

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Graded: Yes
Sport: Baseball
Autograph Authentication Number: 00013273786
Autographed: Yes
Autograph Format: Hard Signed
Signed By: Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra
Autograph Authentication: Beckett Authentication Services (BAS)
Card Number: 407
Certification Number: 00013273786
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
League: Major League (MLB)
Manufacturer: Topps
Material: Card Stock
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Professional Grader: BGS
Season: 1957
Set: Topps
Team: New York Yankees
Type: Sports Trading Card
Vintage: Yes
Year Manufactured: 1957
Features: Hall of Fame