{"title":"Fred McGriff Signed Memorabilia Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eFred McGriff, nicknamed \"Crime Dog,\" spent his career as a power-hitting first baseman for teams including the Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves, and his Hall of Fame induction has made his autograph a lasting target for baseball collectors. Items tied to his HOF recognition carry particular appeal for those building complete player collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection features a Fred McGriff signed baseball with an HOF inscription, along with framed and unframed autographed white baseball jerseys representing both his Toronto and Atlanta tenures. Buyers should note the JSA COA included with each jersey and baseball, and pay attention to whether a jersey is offered framed at 35x39 inches or unframed, as presentation varies across these pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fred-mcgriff-signed-hof-baseball-w-23-hof-inscription-psa","title":"Fred McGriff Signed HOF Inscription Baseball Authenticated","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet ready to own a piece of baseball immortality! This isn't just any ball; it's an Official Hall of Fame Baseball, a prestigious canvas for a legend's autograph. We're talking about the one and only Fred McGriff, whose powerful swing graced countless fields. Imagine holding the very ball touched by his hand, bearing his authentic signature. But wait, there's more! This isn't just a signature; it's a testament to his incredible career, featuring the iconic \"23 HOF\" inscription, celebrating his well-deserved induction into Cooperstown. That \"hof inscription\" isn't just a detail; it's a direct link to his place among baseball's elite. And for your ultimate peace of mind, this treasure comes with PSA Authentication, guaranteeing its authenticity. This is your chance to snag a truly special piece of sports history, a brilliant addition to any collection, showcasing the greatness of Fred McGriff!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creative Sports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47760259285224,"sku":"ABB-MCGRIFF-HOF-PSA","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/fred-mcgriff-signed-hof-inscription-baseball-authenticated-vintage-treasures-antique-192.webp?v=1761401781"},{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-fred-mcgriff-35x39-atlanta-white-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Framed Autographed\/Signed Fred McGriff 35x39 Atlanta White Baseball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eAutographed\/Signed Fred McGriff Atlanta Braves White Baseball Jersey — JSA COA — Framed — The Crime Dog — 493 Career Home Runs — 5x All-Star — 1995 World Series Champion — Tampa, Florida — Hall of Fame 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ For years, the Baseball Hall of Fame had a Fred McGriff problem — a first baseman with 493 career home runs, five All-Star selections, a World Series ring, and a career spanning nineteen major league seasons who kept appearing on the BBWAA ballot and kept falling short of the election threshold, until December 2022 when the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee finally corrected the omission and gave The Crime Dog the Cooperstown plaque he had been building toward since his rookie season. This is the Atlanta Braves white baseball jersey signed by Fred McGriff and authenticated by James Spence Authentication (JSA), framed and ready for display — a certified piece from the first baseman who hit 493 home runs, drove in over 1,500 career runs, and who in July 1993 transformed the Atlanta Braves' season with one of the most impactful mid-season acquisitions in National League history. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌊 \u003cstrong\u003eTampa, Florida — The Crime Dog's Hometown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌊 Fred Lynn McGriff was born on October 31, 1963, in Tampa — a Gulf Coast city in Hillsborough County whose sports culture has grown across successive decades of professional franchise development, and whose baseball development pipelines have produced multiple major league players across the generations. Tampa is baseball country in the broad Florida sense — a state that feeds the professional draft with high school talent developed in the warm-weather, year-round playing environment that the Southeast provides, and McGriff's development from Tampa through the Toronto Blue Jays organization placed him on the path toward the major leagues through one of the most productive Canadian franchises of the 1980s and 1990s. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 \u003cstrong\u003eJuly 1993 — The Trade That Changed the Braves Season\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 The Atlanta Braves were 10 games behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL West standings when they acquired Fred McGriff from the San Diego Padres in July 1993. What happened next became one of baseball's most dramatic second-half stories — the Braves went on a run that included McGriff's immediate production at first base and rallied to win the NL West title on the final day of the regular season. McGriff hit 19 home runs in 68 games after joining Atlanta, and his presence in the Braves lineup gave the team the power that transformed them from near-also-rans into NL pennant winners. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003e1995 World Series Champion — The Championship Season\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ Fred McGriff was a member of the 1995 Atlanta Braves — the team that swept the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series championship, the first major professional sports championship for the city of Atlanta in franchise history. McGriff's contribution across the 1995 season — 27 home runs, 93 RBI, and the first base production that complemented the Braves' pitching staff of Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz — was the offensive foundation on which the championship was built. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted McGriff in 2023 — the Contemporary Era Committee delivering the recognition that 493 career home runs had earned. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾🏆 Fred McGriff. Tampa, Florida. The Crime Dog. Atlanta Braves. 493 career home runs. 5x All-Star. 1995 World Series champion. Baseball Hall of Fame, 2023. Autographed Atlanta Braves white baseball jersey, JSA COA, framed. 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James Augustine Services (JSA) authentication verifies the genuine hand signature of Fred McGriff through the third-party examination process that the autographed memorabilia industry uses to establish authenticity documentation, providing the certificate of authenticity and the JSA hologram that give the framed jersey its full collectible standing in the autographed sports memorabilia market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Fred McGriff was born October 31, 1963, in Tampa, Florida — the Gulf Coast city on Tampa Bay in Hillsborough County, one of the fastest-growing metros in the American South and a city that produced a stream of professional baseball talent in the decades around McGriff's development. He came up through the New York Yankees organization before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, where his power developed into the franchise-level offensive contribution that established his name in the American League and eventually led to the trades that brought him through San Diego, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Chicago across a career that stretched from 1986 to 2004. The nickname \"Crime Dog\" — a reference to McGruff the Crime Dog of the public service advertising campaigns — attached to McGriff early and followed him through every chapter of a career that included 493 home runs, five All-Star selections, and the 1995 World Series championship with the Atlanta Braves, the year the Braves won the only title of that dynasty's sustained run of National League excellence. His 2023 induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee concluded a journey to Cooperstown that rewarded one of the most consistent power-hitting first basemen of the game's free-agent era. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Fred McGriff. Tampa, Florida. Toronto Blue Jays. San Diego Padres. Atlanta Braves. First Baseman. \"Crime Dog.\" 493 Career Home Runs. 5× All-Star. 1995 World Series Champion. 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee. Toronto White. Framed 35x39 Jersey. Hand Signed. JSA Authenticated. Autographed Sports Memorabilia. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. 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Fred McGriff signed this white Blue Jays jersey and James Spence Authentication confirmed the signature as genuine, creating a signed piece from the chapter of his career when he was one of the most feared left-handed power hitters in the American League and one of the most productive first basemen in the sport. The white Toronto jersey carries his years with the Blue Jays as one of the foundational pieces of that championship-building era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Fred Joseph McGriff was born October 31, 1963, in Tampa, Florida – a city that has produced a consistent stream of professional baseball talent and that gave McGriff both the developmental environment to refine his left-handed swing and the proximity to the scout networks that placed him in the New York Yankees organization before the Yankees traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays as part of the transaction that brought Dave Collins to New York in the early 1980s. McGriff's development in the Blue Jays' minor league system and his emergence as a major league regular in Toronto placed him in an American League East division that featured some of the most competitive first-base battles of the decade, and his combination of raw power from the left side and the plate discipline to draw walks and work counts gave him a profile that placed him at the top of the first-base evaluation hierarchy in the league.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ His 1988 American League home run championship – the year he led the AL with thirty-four home runs as a Blue Jay – established the kind of power production that followed him from Toronto to San Diego to Atlanta, where his mid-1993 arrival with the Braves coincided with a playoff run and set the foundation for the 1995 World Series championship that gave him the ring his career production had long merited. His 493 career home runs placed him one swing short of the five hundred milestone that the Hall of Fame debate has treated as a landmark, and the Veterans Committee's recognition of his full body of work through the 2023 induction acknowledged that 493 home runs alongside his other statistical production constituted a Hall of Fame career by any serious analytical standard. The Toronto white jersey with his autograph is the signed document from the chapter where the power production began. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✍️ This Toronto Blue Jays white baseball jersey carries Fred McGriff's personal signature, confirmed authentic by James Spence Authentication (JSA). Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Fred McGriff. Tampa, Florida. Toronto Blue Jays. San Diego Padres. Atlanta Braves. “Crime Dog.” 493 Career Home Runs. 1988 AL Home Run Champion. 1995 World Series Champion. Baseball Hall of Fame 2023. Toronto White Baseball Jersey. JSA COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. 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He stepped into the cleanup spot in an Atlanta lineup that already featured Terry Pendleton and David Justice, and the Braves went on a run that produced 14 consecutive division titles between 1991 and 2005 (excluding 1994 due to the strike). McGriff was part of the 1995 World Series championship team, the one title the Braves claimed during that dynasty, and he was consistently one of the most reliable power hitters in the National League throughout his time in Atlanta. He finished his career with 493 home runs and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023 by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee – a recognition long overdue for one of the most consistent power hitters of the 1990s. This Atlanta white jersey, signed by McGriff and authenticated by James Spence Authentication with a JSA certificate of authenticity, connects directly to his years with one of the most storied franchises of the modern era. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ A JSA COA from James Spence Authentication confirms the signature on this Fred McGriff Atlanta white jersey against their certified reference database – one of the most trusted authentication services in the sports memorabilia hobby. For Braves collectors, 1990s NL baseball historians, and fans of the Hall of Fame power hitters who defined the cleanup role during one of baseball's most competitive decades, this signed white jersey is a direct piece of that era. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Fred McGriff. Atlanta Braves. White Baseball Jersey. Autographed. JSA COA. 493 Career Home Runs. 1995 World Series Champion. Baseball Hall of Fame. Crime Dog. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Autographed\/Signed Fred McGriff Atlanta White Baseball Jersey JSA COA. Hall of Fame Sports. 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