January 16, 2021 Sports, Rock & Roll and Americana Auction

Offered is a Robin Ventura 1990's Hoosier Model HB235 game used bat. Ventura's number "23" is written in Sharpie on the knob, measures 33 ½ inches. This is a textbook example of a player's favorite bat. It exhibits heavy use in the form of evidence of repeated contact: seam impressions, ball marks, ink transfer marks (light blue from American League baseball), plus it has pine tar application about the mid and lower handle. These are all significant signs of game use. The bat measures 33 ½ inches and weighs 29 ounces. Ventura played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was also the manager for the White Sox for five seasons. The White Sox selected Ventura with the tenth overall pick in the 1988 amateur draft from Oklahoma State University (OSU). He is a six-time Rawlings Gold Glove winner, two-time MLB All-Star selection and a National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. Excellent condition.