Louisville Slugger 125 model bat with 1932 date specific "Powerized/Bone Rubbed" stampings having "GREENBERG" in block lettering on barrel end. Notable use is visible throughout including ball marks, stitching impressions, grain swelling to back of barrel with period finish nail repairs, pine tar residue on handle, and professionally repaired handle crack. An area of period side writing from the Hillerich & Bradsby Co. factory is visible on the barrel with grease pencil date of "7-16/32". While the player name is obscured due to fading there is a specific order for this model bat having been ordered by Greenberg on July 9, 1932 noted on the Hillerch & Bradsby factory records. He belted 39 home runs with the Beaumont Explorers in 1932 with the offered bat noted as one of only three having been ordered during Greenberg's rookie season. Greenberg ranks as one of the premier sluggers of the 1930-40s period who earned Most Valuable Player award honors twice and won two World Championships with the Detroit Tigers. The offered bat is the earliest know example from Greenberg's Hall of Fame career and is one of a minute number of surviving examples know to exist. Without question the finest to have been offered at public auction. Includes LOAs from PSA/DNA (GU 9) and MEARS Authentication (A8): EX