{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-bill-madlock-35x39-pittsburgh-black-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Framed Autographed\/Signed Bill Madlock 35x39 Pittsburgh Black Baseball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eFramed Autographed\/Signed Bill Madlock 35x39 Pittsburgh Pirates Black Baseball Jersey with JSA COA – The Framed Hand-Signed Pittsburgh Pirates Black Baseball Jersey of Bill “Mad Dog” Madlock, Four-Time National League Batting Champion, 1979 World Series Champion with the Pittsburgh Pirates, a First Baseman and Third Baseman Who Won More Batting Titles Than Any NL Hitter of His Era Except Pete Rose, and One of the Most Reliable Contact Hitters in the National League Throughout the 1970s and Early 1980s, Certified Authentic by James Spence Authentication (JSA), From the Hall of Fame Sports Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The batting average is the oldest and most stubbornly understood measure in baseball. It tells you, in the simplest possible terms, how often a player succeeds at the fundamental task of the game. A .300 average is the professional standard that separates good hitters from very good hitters. A batting championship means you led the entire National League in that measure for a full season. Bill Madlock won four of them. His first two came with the Chicago Cubs in 1975 (.354) and 1976 (.339). His next two came with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1981 (.341) and 1983 (.323). Four batting titles in nine seasons. A consistency of contact that placed him among the most reliable hitters in the National League during a period when the NL was loaded with elite offensive players. 🌟\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ They called him Mad Dog. The nickname came not from wild or uncontrolled behavior but from the intensity with which Madlock approached every at-bat – the concentration, the competitive focus, the refusal to give at-bats away to pitchers who might otherwise coast through the ninth slot in the order. Madlock was never coasting. He was a player who treated every plate appearance as a problem to be solved, and his career batting average of .305 across fifteen Major League seasons is the record of someone who solved the problem at a very high rate for a very long time. ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ In the summer of 1979, the Pittsburgh Pirates were in the middle of something special. Willie Stargell was the spiritual leader of a team that would win the World Series that October, a franchise whose anthem had become Sister Sledge's We Are Family – the song that defined the communal identity of a group of players who genuinely believed in each other. Madlock arrived in Pittsburgh via trade from the San Francisco Giants in June of that year and immediately became a part of what the Pirates were building toward. When October came and the Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles in seven games, Bill Madlock was a World Series champion. 🏆\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The Pittsburgh Pirates black jersey is one of the most visually distinctive uniforms in the history of Major League Baseball. Black and gold. The pillbox caps, the all-black alternates, the bold graphic identity that made the Pirates' uniforms of the late 1970s and early 1980s as recognizable as anything in the sport. Wearing that jersey, Madlock hit .341 in a shortened 1981 season (the strike year) and won his third batting title. He hit .323 in 1983 and won his fourth. The black jersey is the fabric that connects his Pittsburgh chapter to the We Are Family World Series champions and to the continued excellence that followed it. 🎯\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ This JSA-authenticated framed 35x39 signed black Pirates jersey is a wall-mounted document from the career of one of the most accomplished contact hitters the National League has ever seen – the Mad Dog, the four-time batting champion, the 1979 World Series champion who spent his most productive seasons in the black and gold of Pittsburgh. 🌟\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Bill Madlock. Pittsburgh Pirates. Mad Dog. Third Baseman. Four-Time NL Batting Champion. 1979 World Series Champion. We Are Family. Willie Stargell. Chicago Cubs. Black Jersey. Framed Hand-Signed Pittsburgh Pirates Black Baseball Jersey 35x39. JSA Certified Authentic. Sports Memorabilia. Hall of Fame Sports. 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