⚾ Vintage Framed Autographed/Signed Bobby Bonilla 35x39 New York Black Baseball Jersey JSA COA – Hand-Signed by “Bobby Bo,” the South Bronx-Born Switch-Hitter Who Wore the New York Mets Colors in Two Separate Chapters of His Career, Who Accumulated 287 Career Home Runs and 1,173 Career RBI Across Fifteen Major League Seasons with Six Different Organizations, and Whose Name Has Become One of the Most Recognized in the History of Baseball Contracts Through the “Bobby Bonilla Day” Deferred Payment Agreement the Mets Honor Every July 1, Confirmed Authentic by James Spence Authentication and Displayed in a 35x39 Custom Frame

⚾ The black New York alternate jersey is one of the more distinctive pieces of Mets uniform history – a color identity the franchise introduced as part of the late 1990s and early 2000s alternates that gave the traditional blue-and-orange palette a darker visual option whose throwback-era collector appeal has grown with the distance of time between that period of Mets baseball and the present day. Bobby Bonilla's signature on this black New York jersey connects the garment to a player whose two separate chapters of Mets history – as a top offensive threat in his late-1980s and early-1990s prime, and as the subject of one of baseball's most famous contract decisions in his final Mets years – give the piece a dual narrative weight that few signed Mets jerseys from the era carry simultaneously. James Spence Authentication's confirmation that the signature is genuine places this jersey in the category of signed sports memorabilia whose authenticity documentation matches the quality of the display in the 35x39 frame.

⚾ Bobby Bonilla was born February 23, 1963, in the South Bronx, New York – a borough whose baseball tradition runs deep through the American League's most dominant franchise history but that also produced talent who found their professional homes in National League uniforms, as Bonilla did when the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates became the central chapters of a career that began in the early 1980s and stretched across fifteen major league seasons. Growing up in New York gave Bonilla both the competitive edge that the city's baseball culture produces and the personal connection to the Mets that made his returns to Flushing – first in his prime years and later as the subject of the deferred payment agreement – carry the particular emotional weight that New York athletes who play for New York teams understand in a way that out-of-market free agents never fully replicate.

⚾ Across fifteen major league seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cleveland Indians, Bobby Bonilla accumulated 287 home runs, 1,173 runs batted in, a career batting average of .279, and five All-Star selections that confirmed his status among the National League's most productive offensive threats during the late 1980s and early 1990s – years when his combination of switch-hitting versatility and extra-base power from both sides of the plate placed him in the top tier of the league's corner outfielders and third basemen. His fame in popular baseball culture extends beyond the statistics into the financial structure of the deferred payment agreement the Mets signed with him in 1999, an arrangement that the organization honors each July 1 with a payment of over one million dollars that continues through 2035 – a piece of baseball business history that has made “Bobby Bonilla Day” an annual celebration in the sport's cultural calendar and ensured that his name stays in the baseball conversation long after his playing career concluded. Condition: NOS.

✍️ This New York black baseball jersey carries Bobby Bonilla's personal signature, confirmed authentic by James Spence Authentication (JSA), and is displayed in a custom 35x39 frame. Condition: NOS.

⚾ Bobby Bonilla. “Bobby Bo.” South Bronx, New York. New York Mets. Pittsburgh Pirates. 287 Career Home Runs. 1,173 Career RBI. Five-Time All-Star. Bobby Bonilla Day. New York Black Baseball Jersey. JSA COA. Framed 35x39. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.