Justin Turner Los Angeles Dodgers Signed Official Rawlings 2021 All-Star Baseball – PSA

Description

Justin Turner is a free agent professional baseball infielder and designated hitter most recently playing for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays.

Turner played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2006 MLB draft by the Cincinnati Reds, and made his major league debut in 2009 with Baltimore. With the Dodgers, Turner was an All-Star in 2017, and won the 2017 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award. He won the 2020 World Series with the Dodgers.

The 2020 season was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, shortening the season to only 60 games. On Opening Day, Turner was hit with a pitch for the 73rd time as a Dodger, tying the franchise record set by Zack Wheat. He broke that record on August 5 in San Diego. He was hampered during the season by a hamstring strain that caused him to miss two weeks of the shortened season.

Turner played in 42 games for the Dodgers, hitting .307/.400/.460 with four homers and 23 RBIs. He was voted by his teammates as the winner of the Roy Campanella Award, the first three-time winner in franchise history. In the third game of the 2020 National League Division Series, Turner moved past Steve Garvey for the most playoff hits in Dodgers franchise history with his 64th. He had two hits and two RBI in 10 at-bats in the series. Turner had seven hits, including a home run, in 25 at-bats in the 2020 National League Championship Series and advanced to play in his third World Series.

In the 2020 World Series, against the Tampa Bay Rays, Turner had eight hits (including two home runs) in 25 at-bats as the Dodgers won the championship. During the eighth inning of Game 6, he was pulled from the game because he had tested positive for COVID-19.

In 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Turner was selected to his second All-Star Game. He played in 151 games with a .278 batting average, 27 home runs and 87 RBI. On August 29, 2021, Turner made his pitching debut in the ninth inning of the Dodgers’ 5–0 loss to the Colorado Rockies. He threw 10 pitches (his fastest was 76 mph) for all three outs, gave up no runs, and exited the game to a standing ovation.

The featured official Rawlings 2021 All-Star Baseball has been signed by Justin Turner in blue. The Baseball includes an official PSA/DNA hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes. The signing of this item was witnessed by PSA.