Historic game-worn baseball jerseys sell for $3.8 million at Heritage

Game-worn jerseys from two of the top Hall of Fame pitchers in baseball history combined to sell for more than $3.8 million in the May 16-18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction at Heritage Auctions.

A Washington Nationals jersey worn by Walter “Big Train” Johnson throughout the 1919-22 seasons sold for $,2010,000 million, while a 1955 jersey worn and signed by Sandy Koufax went for $1.8 million.

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Johnson’s 105-year-old pinstriped, gray flannel jersey was photo-matched to an April 29, 1920 game when Johnson had eight strikeouts, including two against Babe Ruth, to beat the Yankees, 2-1, at the Polo Grounds. It is one of just two known jerseys that have survived Johnson’s storied career. The other is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Koufax wore the Brooklyn Dodgers road jersey worn by Sandy Koufax during his rookie season in 1955. It was photo-matched to two Spring Training games in 1956, when players typically wore uniforms from the previous season.

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Other top-selling items in the Heritage auction, which generated more than $21 million in sales, includes:

• A 1922 Ty Cobb game-used bat for $630,000.

• A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card (SGC 7.5) for $564,000.

• 1961-62 Fleer Basketball wax box (24 unopened packs) for $372,000.

• A 1953 Mickey Mantle World Series game-used bat for $324,000.

• A 1952 Topps Baseball graded complete master set for $264,000.

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• 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card (PSA 9) for $228,000.

• 1970s Hank Aaron game-used fielder’s glove for $210,000.

• 1961 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain rookie card (PSA 9) for $198,000.

• 1943 Stan Musial game-worn, signed St. Louis Cardinals jersey for $180,147.

• A 1910 E98 Set of 30 Ty Cobb card (SGC 10) from the Black Swamp collection for $180,000.