This auction is for the following autographed Ron Necciai Upper Deck #203 MLB Pitcher 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates signed card. In the minor leagues he pitched a 27 K No-Hitter which is considered one of the greatest games ever pitched. This Ron Necciaia signed card has been PSA/DNA authenticated autograph. This Ron Necciai Upper Deck #203 signed PSADNA Slabbed autographed card that have been authenticated by the most prestigious and respected authentication companies in the hobby PSA DNA #85226883. Autographed items that have been authenticated by PSA/DNA Slabbed adds and additional value to all signed items that bare the PSA authentication process.

Please read Mr. Necciai remarkable biography below. This card was signed at a rare private signing.

BIO: Ron Necciai MLB Pitcher 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates. Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished in the Class-D Appalachian League on May 13th, 1952. He is the only pitcher ever to do so in a nine-inning, professional-league game. The 1952 radio play by play for Necciai’s 27K No-Hitter considered to be one of the greatest games every pitched can be found on YouTube.

Mr. Necciai pitched two seasons of Class-D baseball before being drafted in the Pirates farm system in 1952 at age 19. He was assigned to pitch for the Bristol Twins; the Pirates Appalachian League team. On May 13th, pitching despite painful stomach ulcers Necciai struck out 27 batters while throwing a 7–0 no-hitter against the Welch Miners. Four of the Welch hitters did reach base, one runner each via a walk, an error, a hit batsman and a passed ball charged to Twins' catcher Harry Dunlop on a swinging third strike. This resulted in a four-strikeout ninth inning. Only two batters put the ball in play: Bob Ganung grounded out to first base in the fourth inning and Whitehead got on base on an error in the ninth.

In his next start Necciai threw a 24-strikeout two-hitter. In that season he struck out 109 hitters in 43 innings with Bristol, and a Carolina League-high 172 in 126 innings at Burlington before quickly climbing the ranks of the organization and eventually getting called up to the Major Leagues amid heavy publicity in August 1952. Mr. Necciai served a brief stint in the United States Armed Forces in 1953 before being released on a medical discharge. He returned to baseball thereafter, but was plagued by injuries resulting from his long-standing battle with stomach ulcers and further debilitation from a torn rotator cuff. He spent the years between 1953 and 1955 in various lower levels of professional baseball, but was ultimately unable to overcome injuries.

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