Cristian Javier Houston Astros Signed OML Black Leather Baseball with “2022 WS Game 4 No Hitter” Inscription – Beckett Witnessed

Description

Cristian Javier is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Javier signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2015 and made his MLB debut in 2020. During the Astros’ World Series championship season in 2022, Javier was the starting pitcher of two combined no-hitters, including Game 4 of the World Series, the first player in MLB history to do so. The World Series no-hitter was just the second in baseball history and the only combined no-hitter.

Javier concluded the 2022 regular season with a 2.54 ERA and 11–9 record over 30 total appearances, 25 games started, 148+2⁄3 IP, 89 hits allowed, 52 BB, 194 strikeouts and 3.7 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), all of which established new career-bests to that point. He ranked 10th in WAR among AL pitchers, and his 194 strikeouts ranked seventh, tied with Framber Valdez for the team lead. Javier’s 5.4 hits per nine innings (H/9) and nine losses led all Astros pitchers, and his 11.7 K/9 led Astros starters.

In Game 3 of the 2022 American League Championship Series (ALCS) at Yankee Stadium, Javier made and won his postseason starting debut as the Astros prevailed, 5–0. Continuing his previous no-hit effort on June 25, 2022, he held the Yankees hitless for another 3+1⁄3 innings for a total of 10+1⁄3 consecutive, tying Mélido Pérez (1991) for most consecutive no-hit innings versus the Yankees by a visiting pitcher. Javier totaled 5+1⁄3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit, three walks, and striking out five.

In Game 4 of the 2022 World Series at Citizens Bank Park, Javier delivered the first six innings of a combined no-hitter and 5–0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Called by catcher Christian Vázquez, it tied the series at 2–2. Bryan Abreu and Rafael Montero both followed with one inning each, and like the no-hit contest in New York, Pressly closed out the ninth. Thus, Javier became the first to start in multiple combined no-hitters in the major leagues. The third no-hitter in MLB postseason history, it was the second in World Series play, following Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956. The Astros defeated the Phillies in six games to give Javier his first World Series title.

The featured official major league black leather baseball has been signed by Christian Javier and he has added “2022 WS Game 4 No Hitter” in orange. The autograph includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram for authenticity purposes. The signing of this item was witnessed by Beckett.