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Outfielder Hank Aaron takes a cut for the Atlanta Braves during the 1969 National League season. (AP Photo)

A jersey worn by Mobile native Hank Aaron while playing baseball for the Atlanta Braves in 1969 was the most expensive item in the sports-equipment category for the Lelands.com Spring 2013 Catalog Auction.

The jersey, described in the auction catalog as "a perfect original jersey with no alterations that exhibits great wear and use," drew a winning bid of $41,772.49. With Leland's 19.5 percent buyer's premium tacked on to the final bid, the jersey sold for $49,918.13.

The online auction closed on Friday.

This Hank Aaron jersey from the 1969 season brought in almost $50,000 at auction.

Aaron's salary in 1969 was $92,500. As usual, he was an All-Star that season and finished third in the National League MVP voting as he led the Braves to the NL Western Division championship in the first year of divisional play in Major League Baseball. In 1969, Aaron hit .300 with 100 runs, 44 homers and 97 RBIs. He walked 87 times and struck out 47.

Aaron was not the seller of the jersey. While the seller remains anonymous, Leland's said Aaron gave the jersey to a young boy who was a fan as a birthday present.

Aaron's jersey far outpaced anything else in the 47-item sports-equipment category for the auction - a 1937-40 Mel Ott game-used bat, which went for $25,615.89

A bat used by Lou Gehrig in the late 1920s was in the sports-equipment category, but failed to draw the minimum bid of $110,000.

Of course, Aaron is most famous for breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record. A full ticket - not a stub -- to the April 8, 1974, game in which Aaron hit his historic 715th home run also was part of the auction and brought in $582.17. The ticket originally cost $4.50.

The star of this year's auction was in the sports-memorabilia category - the only known 1919 World Series ring. That World Series was fixed by gamblers and members of the Chicago White Sox -- forever after referred to as the Black Sox -- and won by the Cincinnati Reds.

The ring went for a total cost of $166,102.49.

The championship rings so popular today were rare in this era, since rings were considered effeminate at the time. However, this ring was presented by the team to the manager of the Reds, Pat Moran, in recognition of their accomplishment and is inscribed "P.J. Moran."

Another Mobile-connected item in the Lelands.com Spring 2013 Catalog Auction was a 1969 Atlanta Braves cap worn by Port City native and Baseball Hall of Famer Satchel Paige. It went for a total price of $867.57.

The Negro Leagues legend "coached" for the Braves in 1968 and 1969 to earn enough time in the big leagues to qualify for a Major League Baseball pension. He also pitched in an exhibition game for the Braves in 1969, when he was (probably) 62.

In Lelands' Spring 2012 Catalog Auction, a Milwaukee Braves uniform - jersey and pants - worn by Aaron in 1962 and carrying his autograph brought a total price $85,237.

In 1962, Aaron hit .323 with 45 home runs and 128 runs batted in.

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