1999 Yankees World Series Core Four (4) Signed Baseball. Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte and Posada. 1/48.
Official 1999 World Series baseball signed in ink by the “Core Four”: Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada. Limited to 48 individually numbered baseballs, of which this is number “14.” Jeter and Posada show the panel below the World Series logo, Posada and Pettitte to the east and west panels. The ball is bright and clean, without any fading and toning; signatures bright. Steiner hologram, as well as the numbered official MLB and Fanatics holograms. Housed in an acrylic display cube.
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The New York Yankees core four all made their major league baseball debuts in 1995, and quickly found themselves leading the Yankees to the 1996 World Series Championship, followed by three more in the next four years, and again in 2009. The Core Four would play together for 17 consecutive seasons. Pettitte holds the all-time record for the most postseason victories (19); Pettitte and Rivera hold the all-time record for most combined wins–saves (72); Posada the only catcher to record a .330 batting average or better and the second Yankees catcher after Yogi Berra to hit 30 home runs in a season.
New York Yankees 14-time All-Star shortstop and captain, Derek Jeter is the Yankees all-time career leader in hits, doubles, games played, plate appearances and at bats. He’s a 14-time All-Star, AL Rookie of the Year, winner of 5 Gold Gloves and 5 Silver Slugger Awards, 2 AL Hank Aaaron Awards, a Roberto Clemente Award and the 2000 World Series MVP. Jeter hit his 3000th career hit on July 9th, 2011.
Mariano Rivera is a 2019 Hall of Fame unanimous (100%) vote inductee, 5-time World Series Champion, 1999 World Series MVP and 13-time All-Star. The New York Yankees closer, often better known as “Sandman”, maintains the MLB saves record (652) and is regarded as the greatest closer of all time.
The New York Yankees finished a historic 1999 season four games ahead of the Boston Red Sox to win the division with a 98-64 record; Derek Jeter leading the league in hits while batting an impressive .349; and David Cone recording a perfect game on July 18, 1999. In a rematch of the 1996 World Series, the Yankees met the Atlanta Braves again, again proving their dominance with a 4-game sweep. Rivera recorded two critical saves in games 1 and 4, as well as a win in game 3 leading his team to their 25th championship and earning himself a World Series MVP award, the same year he led the league in saves (45).
This was the Yankees’ third championship in 4 years.
