Lot # 161: 1951 World Series Polo Grounds Four-Ticket Proof Sheet - Mays/Mantle Rookie Season!

Category: Baseball Tickets

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2022 9:00 PM to
4/2/2022 9:00 PM



Complete four-ticket proof sheet for 1951 World Series games played at the Polo Grounds between the New York Giants and New York Yankees.  The 6-game series was won by the Yankees, but all three games scheduled at the Polo Grounds were played.  Game 3 was a 6-2 Giants victory, with home runs by Gene Woodling for the Yankees and Whitey Lockman for the Giants.  Game 4 was won by he Yankees, 6-2, with a Joe DiMaggio home run.  Game 5 was a 13-1 Yankees rout, with home runs by Gil McDougald and Phil Rizzuto.  1951 was, of course, the rookie season for both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, though Mantle went down with a horrific injury during Game 2 at Yankee Stadium.  The Series was also the last for Joe DiMaggio.  Sheet is in VG condition with overall toning and some light wear at the edges and corners, a fantastic document of the first World Series for both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, as well as the last for Joe DiMaggio.

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