Joe DiMaggio

Collectable is proud to present one of the earliest known baseball bats used by legendary slugger and New York Yankees legend, Joe DiMaggio, and the earliest DiMaggio bat to appear in PSA’s database. Graded GU 8 by PSA/DNA, the bat is believed to be used during the 1933 and 1934 seasons when DiMaggio was a member of the minor league San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League DiMaggio’s remarkable career includes the following accolades: 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands, 9x World Series Champion, 3x Most Valuable Player, and 13x All Star.

This bat is one of the earliest known baseball bats used by New York Yankees legendary slugger, Joe DiMaggio. In 1933 and 1934, DiMaggio was a member of the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League.
This bat represents the earliest Joe DiMaggio bat to appear in PSA’s database.
Minor league bats are extremely rare because they were more often discarded than major league models.
Between August 1933 and September 1934, DiMaggio played in 101 games for the San Francisco Seals, going to bat 379 times.
According to PSA, “This Hillerich & Bradsby professional model bat exhibits evidence of substantial use with a handle crack and two small chips on the knob that have been repaired. Numerous ball marks are visible on all sides of the barrel. Ball marks include a few bruises attributable to what we refer to as post player use. Also visible on the bat are green bat rack streaks.”
The bat is graded GU 8 by PSA/DNA and was authenticated on January 26th, 2021. Certification number 1B18395.
PSA/DNA believes the bat was produced on August 5th, 1933.
A Ty Cobb bat used by the baseball legend during the 1928 MLB season sold in March 2021 for $1.1 million.

PSA GU 8