Liam Hendriks' 2010 Perth Heat baseball team playing top No.18

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Overview

Personally autographed by Liam Hendriks, his No.18 Perth Heat baseball playing top is presented in a black-painted wooden frame. The short-sleeved shirt is of white fabric with thin red piping around the edges of the sleeves and neck. The name 'Hendriks' and the number '18' are appliqued on the front of the shirt. A small black, orange and red-coloured 'alcoholthinkagain' logo is stitched onto the right-hand sleeve and a bigger version of the logo is stitched to the front of the shirt. The ABL (Australian Baseball League) logo is stitched to the neck of the shirt.

Historical information

Born in 1989 and raised in Perth, Western Australia, Liam Hendriks began playing tee-ball when he was five, before transitioning to baseball at the age of ten. He played with local teams Carine Cats and Wanneroo Giants before joining the Perth Heat, a professional Australian Baseball League team.

On his eighteenth birthday in February 2007, he was signed by the Major League Baseball (MLB) team Minnesota Twins.

In 2008 Hendriks pitched for Perth Heat in their successful Australian Claxton Shield series and went 3–0 with a 1.90 ERA and 25 strikeouts, a competition high. He was named Rookie of the Year for that season. Liam was then added to the Australian national team for the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, pitching five innings of work while only allowing one unearned run alongside two hits and a walk while striking out six. He returned for the Perth Heat in the inaugural season of the Australian Baseball League in 2010.

Besides the Minnesota Twins, Hendriks' MLB career included pitching for Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics. In January 2021 he signed a $70 million deal with the Chicago White Sox. He has been an All-Star twice (2019 and 2021) and was the American League's Reliever of the Year in 2020 and 2021.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Hendriks]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.395

Item type

Autographs

Sports Memorabilia

Sports Uniforms

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Width

86.5000 cm

Height or length

107 cm

Depth

2 cm

Inscriptions and markings

[On shirt front]
'ABL' [logo]
'Hendriks'
'18'
'alcoholthinkagain' [logo]
[Signed by L. Hendriks]

[On shirt sleeve]
'alcoholthinkagain' [logo]

Contextual Information

Young baseballers can take inspiration from Liam Hendriks, an elite Australian pitcher who developed his skills and work ethic from an early age on the baseball diamonds of Western Australia. His autographed Perth Heat playing top was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Perth Heat.

Keywords

Liam Hendriks

Perth Heat Baseball Team

Wanneroo Giants Baseball Club

Major League Baseball

Statement of significance

Elite Australian and American Major League Baseball player, Liam Hendriks wore this playing top during the inaugural season of the Australian Baseball League (2010). It has historic, representative and social significance and is well provenanced.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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