- 1922 Detroit Tigers Bert Cole Game Worn Uniform Jersey + Pants MLB LOA
- Game worn flannel road jersey and pants worn by pitcher Bert Cole in the 1922 MLB season for the Detroit Tigers
- Originally sold in 2007 for just north of $45,000 (along with additional items no longer with the uniform), parts of this specimen have been removed and donated to restore an especially important period Detroit Tiger jersey
- A Spalding label remains affixed to the collar of the jersey, with a second faded label placed directly beneath. Sporting its original black piping, the heavy grey flannel feature's original intact mother-of-pearl buttons, with the black felt old English "D" over the left breast a modern replacement. "Cole" in script has been chain-stitched in black threading over the reverse right tail, with both sleeves custom-shortened - typical for pitchers of the era - with approximately 6" also cut away from the front section of the jersey along the base, with an additional roughly 6" x 7" section removed from the reverse tail. Sporting a clean front with no obtrusive wear or marks, there is some minor fraying to the black piping encircling the collar, witha few areas of mild discolouration, including over the inn collar
- The matching pants are tagged identically to the jersey and again feature a scripted "Cole" embroidered in the fly's button path.
- LOAS provided by Classic Auctions and Grey Flannel accompany this item
- Traded from his hometown San Francisco Seals to the Detroit Tigers in November of 1920, Cole had attracted the attention of a figure no less than Ty Cobb beforehand, with the Georgia Peach watching the southpaw pitch in an October contest that year, praising his "size and action", and noting how he would like the way Cole changed-up his pitches. Five seasons would be spent in the Motor City, with his most noted achievement being the June 13th, 1924 melee started with the Yankees fielder Bob Meusel, when after a bleacher-clearing brawl, the two players were handed 10-day suspensions by Ban Johnson.
- It should go without saying that any Major League uniform dating to the first quarter of the Twentieth Century carries tremendous collecting appeal, and the remarkable condition in which we find this example (despite its alterations) puts it in a class by itself
- Jersey: Shoulder to hemline 36”
- Pit to pit 24.5”
- Pants: 18” waist
- 34” long
- Classic LOA
- Grey Flannel Auctions LOA
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- Please see photos, listed condition is not professionally graded
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