Lot # 70: Lot of (2) 1992 Bowman Chipper Jones RC #28 and Mariano Rivera RC #302

Category: Baseball

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 2 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Great Moments Auction #52",
which ran from 1/19/2020 10:00 AM to
2/2/2020 10:00 PM



Chipper Jones ended his career in 2012 with a .304 career batting average, with 468 home runs, 1,512 walks, and 1,623 RBI in 2,499 games with 8,984 at bats. He has the most career RBI for a third baseman. Also one of the most accomplished switch hitters in the history of the game, he finished behind only Eddie Murray for career RBI by switch hitters. He is the only switch hitter in MLB history with both a career batting average of at least .300 and 400 or more home runs. He was the eighteenth hitter in MLB hitter to accumulate 5,000 at bats and finish with at least a .300 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and .500 slugging percentage, and the only switch hitter to reach all these milestones. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2018 class in his first year of eligibility.

Rivera spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). Rivera won five American League Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in its class of 2019 in his first year of eligibility, and was the first player ever to be elected unanimously by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

This lot includes both a 1992 Bowman Chipper Jones RC #28 as well as a 1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera RC #302. These cards are in NM condition.

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