1909–11 · Former Collection
1909–11 T206 Christy Mathewson Dark Cap (Sweet Caporal 350/30)
- Issue
- T206
- Year
- 1909–11
- Variation
- Dark Cap · Sweet Caporal 350/30 back
- Subject
- Christy Mathewson
- Grade
- PSA 1
- Cert #
- 72372372
- Population
- 24 at this grade (per Card Ladder)
Why the player matters
Christy Mathewson
"Big Six," the college-educated Giants ace who made pitching look respectable: 373 wins, the fadeaway, and three shutouts in the 1905 World Series. Connie Mack later called him the greatest pitcher who ever lived. His story brushes the Black Sox saga — by long-told accounts he and writer Hugh Fullerton marked suspicious plays on their scorecards during the 1919 Series. Weakened after a poison-gas accident in World War I training, he died in 1925 and entered the first Hall of Fame class in 1936.
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