Offered is a Torii Hunter Signed 2005 Minnesota Twins Game Issued Bat and Signed Minnesota Twins Jersey both Acquired by his 2005-06 Twins teammate Juan Castro. The Rawlings bat has "491B" and "05" stamped on the knob, along with "HUNTER." Hunter has signed the bat boldly with his jersey number "48" on the barrel. Also included is a Hunter Twins jersey signed on the "4" by Hunter. While this jersey does have some game issued tagging, it is lacking several other characteristics that would make it a gamer. Hologram stickers from Beckett Authentic.
The Juan Castro Collection
Rockhurst Auctions is proud to present the collection of Major League Baseball Player Juan Castro. Castro played infield for 17 seasons in the bigs, becoming a reliable utility infielder reserve for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies from 1995 to 2011. In total, his career spanned 21 seasons when including his four years in the Minor Leagues starting in 1991. Since his retirement, Juan has held MLB coaching position with the Dodgers (quality assurance coach) and Phillies (infield coach). He coached with the Mexico national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and in 2019, Castro was announced as manager for Team Mexico at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 tournament. He has also managed and coached in the Mexican Baseball League and Mexican Pacific League, and in 2023 he was inducted to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Offered in this auction are a wonderful assortment of the many baseball relics Juan collected during his two-decade odyssey through the Major Leagues, including signed baseballs, game used uniforms and signed jerseys and game used bats from many of his former teammates. Other exciting items include a baseball and DIRT from the final game at old Yankee Stadium-Juan had an eye for the historic! Each item is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Juan Castro.