FILE - This undated file photo provided by SCP Auctions shows various views of former major league pitcher Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series championship ring. The ring sold at auction for $110,111. (Leslie Larsen Bird/SCP Auctions via AP, File)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by SCP Auctions shows various views of former major league pitcher Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series championship ring. The ring sold at auction for $110,111. (Leslie Larsen Bird/SCP Auctions via AP, File) Credit: FILE - This undated file photo provided by SCP Auctions shows various views of former major league pitcher Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series championship ring. The ring sold at auction for 110,111. (Leslie Larsen Bird/SCP Auctions via AP, File)

Los Angeles — Documents that baseball historians have called the Magna Carta of the game have sold at auction for nearly $3.3 million.

SCP auctions says the 1857 papers called the Laws of Baseball sold early Sunday to an anonymous buyer after more than two weeks of bidding.

The auction house had predicted prior to the auction’s April 7 start that they could sell for more than $1 million.

The anonymous seller hadn’t realized the value of the papers he purchased in Texas for $12,000 in 1999. It was only when the auction house appraised them that their significance became clear.

The documents thoroughly change the early history of baseball, making Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams the proper father of the modern game, and putting its birth date three years earlier than had been expected.

Drysdale Ring Nets $110K

Los Angeles — Don Drysdale’s 1963 World Series championship ring with the Los Angeles Dodgers sold for $110,111 in an auction of the late Hall of Fame pitcher’s memorabilia.

A spokesman for SCP Auctions says the ring was purchased by an anonymous buyer in the sale that ended late Saturday.

Drysdale’s 1962 Cy Young Award as the National League’s top pitcher sold for $100,100.

Kelly Drysdale, the pitcher’s daughter from his first marriage, previously expressed sadness that she wasn’t informed of the auction or offered any items by Drysdale’s widow, Hall of Fame basketball player Ann Meyers. Kelly Drysdale says she would have liked the Cy Young Award, which was displayed in her house growing up.

Drysdale’s 1965 World Series championship ring went for $90,999, while his 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers game-worn rookie uniform fetched $82,727. Those buyers also wished to remain anonymous.

Among the other items garnering the highest prices was four of Drysdale’s game-worn Dodgers uniforms, including two that he wore during the 1965 World Series. They sold for prices ranging from $25,686 to $41,372. His 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers NL championship ring went for $25,726, and his well-worn, game-used fielder’s glove from the 1960s sold for $30,343.

Yankee Minor-Leaguer Dies in Car Crash

New York — The New York Yankees say Sandy Acevedo, an infielder in their minor league system who was set to begin his professional career this season, has been killed in a car crash. He was 18.

The team says Acevedo died Saturday night in the Dominican Republic. A moment of silence was held for him at Yankee Stadium before Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, and a picture of Acevedo batting was shown on the giant video screen in center field.

Acevedo signed with the Yankees as an international free agent last July and was scheduled to make his pro debut this year in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League. He was born in the Dominican Republic and lived in Santo Domingo.