⚾ Framed Autographed New York Mets Blue Baseball Jersey — Bartolo Colon — Beckett BAS COA — Born May 24, 1973, Altamira, Dominican Republic — 2005 American League Cy Young Award Winner — 247 Career Wins — 4x All-Star — New York Mets 2014–2016 — May 7, 2016 — The Home Run That Stopped the Baseball World

⚾ This framed New York Mets blue baseball jersey carries the personal autograph of Bartolo Colon — the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner, a right-hander who logged 247 career victories across five decades in professional baseball, and the man whose personality and career created one of the most beloved connections between a pitcher and a fan base in the modern era of the game. Beckett Authentication Services, whose name represents the gold standard of sports autograph verification, has certified the signature, providing the registered documentation that collectors, investors, and institutions require for pieces at this level of significance. Whether this hangs in a sports bar, a home theater, a Mets fan cave, or an institutional collection, the Bartolo Colon story it tells is one of the most distinctly joyful chapters in professional baseball's recent history. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Altamira, Dominican Republic — Where One of Baseball's Greatest Careers Began

🌟 Bartolo Colon was born on May 24, 1973, in Altamira — a municipality in the Montecristi province in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic, a nation whose contribution to Major League Baseball's talent pipeline is unmatched in the history of international player development. Colon signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent and made his Major League debut on April 4, 1997, at age 23 — the start of a journey that would take him to eleven different organizations and keep him pitching at the highest level of professional baseball until 2018, at age 44. The Dominican Republic produced the foundation of Colon's game: a natural arm, the competitive instinct, and the love of the sport that carries a player through the physical wear of a twenty-one-year professional career. Condition: NOS.

🏆 Cleveland Indians — Building the Foundation of an Elite Career

🏆 Bartolo Colon's years with the Cleveland Indians (1997–2002) established him as one of the most dominant right-handed starters in the American League — a power pitcher whose high-90s fastball and developing command produced consistent strikeout production and the innings totals that rotation pitchers are valued for. He was a two-time All-Star during his Cleveland tenure and pitched in the 1999 and 2001 American League Division Series, gaining postseason experience at the peak of his physical prime. A 2002 trade to the Montreal Expos midseason marked the beginning of a period of organizational movement that would eventually bring him to the Anaheim Angels in 2005 — the franchise and the season where his career reached its highest individual peak. Condition: NOS.

⭐ 2005 — The Anaheim Angels and the American League Cy Young Award

⭐ The 2005 American League Cy Young Award is the pinnacle of Bartolo Colon's career as a professional achievement — the honor given annually to the single best pitcher in each league as voted by Baseball Writers' Association members. Colon earned it by going 21–8 with a 3.48 ERA across 222.2 innings for the Anaheim Angels, leading the American League in wins and demonstrating the combination of stamina, consistency, and dominance that defines a Cy Young–caliber season. His 21 wins were the most in the American League that year. The Cy Young Award is the highest individual honor a pitcher can receive. Bartolo Colon won it at age 32, from Altamira, Dominican Republic. Condition: NOS.

🌟 New York Mets — The Fan Base That Claimed Him Completely

🌟 After elbow reconstruction surgery temporarily sidelined him, Bartolo Colon demonstrated the comeback determination that became a second defining chapter of his career — returning to pitch effectively for the Oakland Athletics, the New York Yankees, and finally the New York Mets beginning in 2014. His three seasons with the Mets (2014–2016) placed him in front of one of baseball's most emotionally expressive fan bases at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens, where his advanced age (40 when he joined the Mets, 41 during their 2015 World Series run, 42 during his final Mets season), his exuberant personality, and his continued pitching effectiveness generated a connection with Mets fans that transcended his statistical production. He was one of the most beloved figures in the Mets clubhouse during a period when the franchise returned to the World Series for the first time since 2000. Condition: NOS.

⚾ May 7, 2016 — The Home Run at Petco Park

⚾ On May 7, 2016, at Petco Park in San Diego, Bartolo Colon stepped to the plate against Padres starter James Shields in the second inning. Colon was 42 years old. He had accumulated zero home runs across his entire Major League career. He was a pitcher at the plate — the conventional automatic out. Shields delivered. Colon swung. The ball cleared the left field fence for a two-run home run — Bartolo Colon's first career Major League hit, on his 45th career at-bat, at age 42. The deliberate trot around the bases, the dugout eruption, the disbelief visible on every face in San Diego — it became one of the most joyful single moments in recent baseball history. When the clip played on the Citi Field scoreboard that evening, tens of thousands of Mets fans roared as though the team had just won the pennant. The video became one of the most shared baseball clips in social media history. It remains, for a very large portion of the baseball-watching world, the best moment of the 2016 season. The Mets blue jersey in this listing is the uniform of the man who delivered it. Condition: NOS.

⭐ Beckett BAS COA — Third-Party Authentication That Commands Market Confidence

⭐ Beckett Authentication Services is, alongside PSA/DNA, the most widely recognized and market-trusted sports autograph authentication organization in the world. A Beckett BAS COA means the signature was physically examined by Beckett authentication experts, compared against known authentic Colon exemplars, and certified with a unique registration number that permanently documents this specific piece in the Beckett registry. The BAS COA is what allows this framed Mets blue jersey to be resold, donated, displayed, or transferred with full confidence in the chain of authentication documentation — and it is the standard that auction houses, galleries, and institutional collectors require for autographed sports memorabilia at this level of significance. The framing provides immediate display-ready condition. Condition: NOS.

⚾🌟 Bartolo Colon. Altamira, Dominican Republic. Cleveland Indians. 2005 American League Cy Young Award. 247 career wins. New York Mets 2014–2016. May 7, 2016 — the home run. Mets blue jersey, personally signed, Beckett BAS COA, framed. Condition: NOS.