Al Kaline won ten Gold Glove Awards (1957-59 and 1961-67) for excellence in the field and appeared in fifteen All-Star games (1955-67, 1971, 1974). In 1999, he ranked Number 76 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Kaline finished his career with 3,007 hits, 399 home runs and 1583 RBIs. He batted over .300 nine times in his career to finish with a lifetime batting average of .297 Kaline was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. Al Kaline has hand signed this MLB ball and has added the inscription, "HOF 80." An MAB Celebrity Services certificate of authenticity is included.