The Official Rawlings baseball with the inscription of "HOF" is personally signed by former MLB player Robin Yount. Yount who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974-1993). A first-round draft pick in 1973 MLB Draft, Yount was a better-than-average hitter (career .285 batting average), by 1980 Yount had developed into the prototypical power-hitting shortstop, preceding the likes of Cal Ripken, Jr., Nomar Garciaparra and Alex Rodriguez. An All-Star in 1980, 1982 and 1983, Yount collected more hits in the 1980s than any other player and won a Gold Glove Award in 1982. Yount won his first MVP award and helped lead the Brewers to their only World Series appearance, where he became the only player to collect four hits in each of two World Series games. His career highs of 29 homeruns, a .331 batting average, and 114 RBIs were all products of the 1982 season; he also stole 14 bases and had 210 hits, of which 46 were doubles and 12 were triples. In 1989, Yount collected a second MVP award for his play in center-field, making him only the third player to win MVPs at two positions.