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1909-11 T206 #307 Christy Mathewson (Dark Cap) (SGC 2.5)

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1909-11 T206 #307 Christy Mathewson (Dark Cap) (SGC 2.5)
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One of early baseball's biggest names, and for a time the biggest, Christy Mathewson is up there with Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Cy Young, and other legends. He won 373 games while only losing 188 times over his 17-year big league career. His 2.13 career ERA ranks 8th all-time, while his 373 career wins ranks tied for 3rd, behind only Young and Johnson. He won 30-or-more games four times (including a high of 37 in 1908, a season in which led the AL in wins, ERA, shutouts and strikeouts), and won 20-or-more games 13 times, including a run of 12 seasons in a row. His legend was cemented in the 1905 World Series when he started three games, winning all of them by complete game shutout, allowing only 13 hits over those 27 innings, striking 18 and walking only 1 batter as the New York Giants won baseball's championship. This card is from the famed T206 set, which was issued over three years (1909-11), with multiple tobacco brands, and in many cases, multiple poses. This is Mathewson's "dark cap" variation, with a Piedmont 350 back, graded a solid 2.5 GD+ by SGC with an eye appeal "A" rating from PWCC (top 30%). A premier addition to any sports card collection.