Ironclad Spotlight – Ron Guidry Autographed Baseball with “Gator” Inscription

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This week’s Ironclad Spotlight is an autographed baseball signed by former Yankee great Ron Guidry. Fans of Guidry may also know him by one of his two awesome nicknames, “Louisiana Lightning” or “Gator”, as is inscribed on this baseball.

Guidry was one of the most dominating pitchers of his time, winning 170 games in 14 seasons with Yankees. In 1978, Ron was awarded the American League Cy Young Award with a 25-3 record to go along with a league leading 1.73 ERA. It was during that season that he also set a Yankee record by striking out 18 batters on June 17^th, 1978. Guidry would go on to win two World Series titles with the Yankees on teams that would feature stars Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson. Guidry proved to be a big part of these postseason runs, going 4-0 in the playoffs.

Here’s a video of Guidry describing his historic 18 strikeout performance with YESNetwork.com: