Donn Clendenon Autographed Official Major League Baseball Inscribed 69 Miracle Mets

Donn Clendenon attended Morehouse College in Atlanta. As a freshman, he was assigned a “Big Brother”, which was to help students acclimate themselves to college life, and his was Martin Luther King Jr. While becoming a 12-time letterman in football, basketball and baseball in college, he began his playing for the Atlanta Black Crackers, a professional Negro League baseball team. After college, he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent, where he later became a member of the famed “Lumber Company’ along with Wille Stargell and Roberto Clemente. Clendenon joined the New York Mets in 1969, and was the star first baseman until 1971. He is most remembered for hitting three home runs in the 1969 World Series to help lead the Miracle Mets win, and he was named the World Series MVP. Clendenon passed away in 2005 at the age of 70. This Rawlings official Major League baseball was hand signed and inscribed “69 Miracle Mets” by Donn Clendenon. The autograph includes authentication from PSA/DNA.