⚾ Autographed Graig Nettles New York Yankees Pinstripe Home Baseball Jersey JSA COA — San Diego California, New York Yankees 1977 and 1978 Back-to-Back World Series Champions, 1978 World Series Game 3 Defensive Heroics at Yankee Stadium, 2 Gold Gloves, Bronx Zoo Era, Reggie Jackson Thurman Munson Ron Guidry — Collector Frame Your Way

The New York Yankees pinstripes. The most famous uniform in American sports — the home jersey worn at Yankee Stadium through the years of the Bronx Zoo, the back-to-back championships, the era when New York baseball was the axis around which the rest of the sport revolved. Signed by Graig Nettles — one of the most important players on those championship teams, the man whose glove at third base made the difference in the 1978 World Series. Authenticated by JSA. Ready for your frame, your wall, your way.

🌟 Graig Nettles — San Diego, California; The Third Baseman Who Won the 1978 World Series With His Glove

Graig Nettles was born August 20, 1944, in San Diego, California — the Southern California port city where the military presence and the Pacific weather shaped an athletic culture that produced players across every sport. He played college ball at San Diego State and arrived in the major leagues with the Minnesota Twins in 1967 before landing with the New York Yankees in a 1972 trade that would define his career and his legacy. The Yankees already had talent. They were building toward the championship teams of the late 1970s that would feature Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Ron Guidry, Chris Chambliss, and Graig Nettles — a third baseman whose bat provided consistent power (390 career home runs) and whose glove provided something that was harder to measure and impossible to replace.

🏆 The 1977 and 1978 World Series — Back-to-Back Champions — The Bronx Zoo

The New York Yankees won the World Series in 1977 and 1978, back-to-back championships over the Los Angeles Dodgers both times. The 1977 team was defined by Reggie Jackson's three consecutive home runs on three consecutive pitches in Game 6 — one of the most electrifying individual performances in World Series history. The 1978 team came from 14 games behind the Boston Red Sox in August to tie the division, then won a one-game playoff at Fenway Park on Bucky Dent's pop-fly home run over the Green Monster, then won the ALCS and the World Series. Graig Nettles was the third baseman through all of it — wearing these pinstripes at Yankee Stadium through two championship autumn campaigns.

⭐ 1978 World Series Game 3 — The Greatest Defensive Performance in Series History

In Game 3 of the 1978 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Graig Nettles put on a defensive display at third base that is remembered as one of the greatest individual fielding performances in the history of the Fall Classic. He made diving play after diving play — backhanded stabs, off-balance throws, plays that by all rights should have been base hits — turning potential Dodgers rallies into outs and keeping the Yankees in a game they could have easily lost. The performance echoed Brooks Robinson's famous glove work in the 1970 World Series and has been discussed in the same breath ever since. He did it at Yankee Stadium, in the home pinstripes, in front of the Bronx crowd that knew exactly what they were watching. This signed pinstripe jersey carries that history.

📦 Item Details

Item: Autographed New York Yankees Pinstripe Home Baseball Jersey — signed by Graig Nettles. Authentication: JSA COA included. Player: Graig Nettles. Born: August 20, 1944, San Diego, California. College: San Diego State. Yankees career: 1973-1983. Accolades: 2x World Series champion (1977, 1978); 2 Gold Gloves (1977, 1978); 6x All-Star; 390 career home runs; 1978 WS Game 3 defensive legend. Display: UNFRAMED — collector control, your frame, your wall, your way. Condition: NOS.

⚾🏆 San Diego. San Diego State. The Yankees. The pinstripes. The Bronx. The Stadium. Reggie Jackson. Thurman Munson. Ron Guidry. 1977 World Series. 1978 World Series. Back-to-back. The Boston comeback. The Bucky Dent game. Game 3. The diving plays. The pinstripes at Yankee Stadium. Signed by Nettles. Authenticated by JSA. Your frame. Your wall. Your way.