Greg Maddux Game-Used Signed Atlanta Braves Batting Helmet
A navy Atlanta Braves batting helmet with red brim, signed "Greg Maddux" on the brim and inscribed "GAME USED!" Soft use shows in scuffs and scratches across the shell. The back carries #31 with white ABC / MLB Diamond Collection–style decals; the interior shows an American Baseball Cap size 7 1/8 label, a Diamond Collection MLB tag, and a manufacture-date dial consistent with December 1992, months before Maddux's Braves debut. The manufacture date and the white rear decals point to his first Atlanta season, 1993. It is not photo-matched. Pitchers rarely hit, so a game-used Maddux batting helmet is an uncommon piece of clubhouse gear.
- Issue
- Greg Maddux — Game-Worn & Display
- Year
- 1993
- Number
- #31
- Variation
- Pitcher's batting helmet · size 7 1/8
- Subject
- Greg Maddux
- Grade
- Raw (ungraded)
Greg Maddux — Game-Worn & Display
Non-card pieces tied to Maddux's Atlanta years: game-worn gear and framed displays collected the same way as the cardboard — early, scarce, and story-first.
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Greg Maddux, “The Professor,” was my childhood favorite player, which is why he has a place in this collection when almost no other modern player does. He won 355 games with command and guile rather than velocity, took four straight Cy Young Awards from 1992 to 1995 and a record 18 Gold Gloves, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014. I collect him the same way I collect the vintage: earliest and scarcest issues first, plus a little Atlanta game-worn gear that ties to the same story. The nickname fits a Shoeless Professor.
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