1909-11 T206 MILLER HUGGINS Piedmont 350 Hands at Mouth SGC 2.5 REDS HOF Prewar

Description: Item Description: You are bidding on a Professionally Graded 1909-11 T206 MILLER HUGGINS Piedmont 350 Hands at Mouth SGC 2.5 REDS HOF Prewar. A very nice specimen from the 1909-11 T206 White Border Tobacco card set, one of the most widely collected sets of all time. For more vintage T206, please check out my other items: Shipping and Handling: Item will be packaged carefully and shipped securely. All graded cards will be secured with rigid cardboard inserts. All non-graded cards will be shipped securely in a penny sleeve and top-loader. All sportscard singles ship for one low rate, no matter how many items you buy! Combined shipping rates on lots may vary. Thanks! About Us: Welcome to iconsportscards. I specialize in vintage sets and factory certified autograph and memorabilia cards from Hall of Fame greats. I pride myself on customer satisfaction, and providing a quality product at a reasonable price. Best offers are welcome on many of my items, and I'm always happy to help a customer work out a deal, so please do not hesitiate to contact me if you see anything you like from my Ebay Store. All sportscard singles ship for one low rate, no matter how many items you buy! About The Set: The 1909-11 T206 White Border tobacco 523 card set is arguably the most sought after and collected baseball card set produced prior to 1950. The white border tobacco cards were produced by multiple tobacco brands, and used as a marketing scheme to sell cigarettes and tobacco products. Each individual tobacco company printed their name/insignia on the back of the card. The most common backs are from Piedmont and Sweet Caporal. Other backs were less common and command a higher value, depending on the rarity of the card/brands printed on the back. Back scarcity rankings from T206resource . org (from Wikipedia): T206 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The T206 Honus Wagner The tobacco card set known as T206 was issued from 1909 to 1911 in cigarette and loose tobacco packs through 16 different brands owned by the American Tobacco Company. It is a landmark set in the history of baseball card collecting, due to its size, rarity, and the quality of its color lithographs. History The name T206 refers to the catalog designation assigned by Jefferson Burdick in his book The American Card Catalog. It is also known informally as the "White Border" set due to the distinctive white borders surrounding the lithographs on each card. The T206 set consists of 523 cards. Over 100 of the cards picture minor league players. There are also multiple cards for the same player in different poses, different uniforms, or even with different teams after being traded (since the set was issued over a period of three years). The cards measure 1-7/16" x 2-5/8" which is considered by many collectors to be the standard tobacco card size. The T206 set is the most popular and widely collected set of the tobacco/pre-war era. The historical significance of the set as well as the large number of variations give it enormous appeal to collectors. In addition, the set features many Baseball Hall of Fame members including Ty Cobb (who is pictured on 4 different cards), Walter Johnson, Cy Young, and Christy Mathewson. The value of the cards has led to a great deal of counterfeiting over the years. The T206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories by Tom and Ellen Zappala and Peter Randall Publishers highlights the personal and professional lives of the players in the collection and discusses the values of the cards as well as the mystique behind the collection. The Honus Wagner card Main article: T206 Honus Wagner The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more.[1] This is in part because of Wagner's place among baseball's immortals, as he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. More importantly, it is one of the scarcest cards from the most prominent of all vintage card sets. Rarity It is estimated that between 50 and 200 Wagner cards were ever distributed to the public,[2][3] and fewer still have survived to the present day. Several theories exist as to why the card is so rare. One theory is that the printing plate used to create Wagner's card broke early on in the production process, but Wagner was a major star at the time and new plates would almost certainly have been created. Another theory is that there was a copyright dispute between the American Tobacco Company and the artist who created the Wagner lithograph.[4] The most commonly accepted theory is that the card was pulled from production because Wagner himself objected to the production of the card, but his motivation is unclear. Reports at the time indicated Wagner did not wish to associate himself with cigarettes,[5] possibly because he did not want to encourage children to smoke.[1] However, some collectors and historians have pointed out that Wagner, a user of chewing tobacco, allowed his image to appear on cigar boxes and other tobacco-related products prior to 1909 and may have objected to the card simply because he wanted more financial compensation for the use of his image.[1][6] Value A high-quality example of the Wagner card was sold at auction on eBay in 2000 for US$1.265 million.[2] In February 2007, the same card was sold for a record US$2.35 million.[7] In September 2007, the Wagner card changed hands again when SCP Auctions of Mission Viejo, California, which had bought minority ownership, brokered a new sale—this time for US$2.8 million, to a private collector. On August 1, 2008, noted memorabilia dealer John Rogers of North Little Rock, Arkansas paid US$1.6 million for a PSA 5 Wagner. Rogers stated he "was prepared to go much higher and is pleased with his investment." He added "the citizens of Arkansas deserve to see this treasure and I intend to make the card available to the public."[8] In November 2010, a group of nuns from Baltimore sold a Wagner card for $262,000 in auction to Doug Walton, a sporting card store owner.[9] Brands that produced T206 cards Piedmont back of a T206. T206 cards were issued with 16 different backs, representing the 16 different brands of cigarettes/tobacco with which the cards were issued. Due to the same card having different backs, there are actually far more than 523 "different" T206 cards. The actual number of front/back combination is not fully known as collectors still discover new combinations from time to time. The 16 backs are: American Beauty – more thinly cut than other brands due to the narrower size of the cigarette packs Broadleaf Carolina Brights Cycle Drum El Principe De Gales Hindu – Found in both brown ink and red ink (rare) Lenox – Found in both brown ink and black ink Old Mill Piedmont Polar Bear – Only brand that is not cigarettes; Polar Bear was loose tobacco, also known as scrap tobacco Sovereign Sweet Caporal Tolstoi Ty Cobb Uzit Thanks for viewing my item! Miller HugginsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMiller Huggins Miller Huggins in 1910Second baseman / ManagerBorn: March 27, 1879 Cincinnati, OhioDied: September 25, 1929 (aged 50) New York City, New YorkBatted: SwitchThrew: RightMLB debutApril 15, 1904 for the Cincinnati RedsLast MLB appearanceSeptember 13, 1916 for the St. Louis CardinalsCareer statisticsBatting average.265Home runs9Runs batted in318Stolen bases324Teams As PlayerCincinnati Reds (1904–1909)St. Louis Cardinals (1910–1916) As ManagerSt. Louis Cardinals (1913–1917)New York Yankees (1918–1929)Career highlights and awards3× World Series champion (1923, 1927, 1928)6× American League pennant (1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928)Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction1964Election MethodVeterans Committee Miller James Huggins (March 27, 1879 – September 25, 1929) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Huggins played second base for the Cincinnati Reds (1904–1909) and St. Louis Cardinals (1910–1916). He managed the Cardinals (1913–1917) and New York Yankees (1918–1929), including the Murderers' Row teams of the 1920s that won six American League (AL) pennants and three World Series championships. Huggins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a degree in law from the University of Cincinnati, where he was also captain on the baseball team. Rather than serve as a lawyer, Huggins chose to pursue a professional baseball career. He played semi-professional and minor league baseball from 1898 through 1903, at which time he signed with the Reds. As a player, Huggins was adept at getting on base. He was also an excellent fielding second baseman, earning the nicknames "Rabbit", "Little Everywhere", and "Mighty Mite" for his defensive prowess and was later considered an intelligent manager who understood the fundamentals of the game. Despite fielding successful teams for the Yankees in the 1920s, he continued to make personnel changes in order to maintain his teams' superiority in the AL. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964. Early life Huggins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, an Englishman, worked as a grocer.[1] His mother was a native of Cincinnati. He had two brothers and one sister.[2] "You can become a pleader or a player, not both. Try baseball. You seem to like it better." – William Howard Taft to Huggins at the University of Cincinnati[3] Huggins attended Woodward High School, Walnut Hills High School, and later the University of Cincinnati.,[2][3] where he studied law and played college baseball for the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team. A shortstop, he was named team captain of the Bearcats in 1900.[2] Seeing him consumed with baseball, his law professors summoned him to justify why they should keep him in the law program.[3] Huggins' father, a devout Methodist, objected to his son playing baseball on Sundays.[1] But Huggins played semi-professional baseball in 1898 for the Cincinnati Shamrocks, a team organized by Julius Fleischmann,[4] where he played under the pseudonym "Proctor" due to his father's opposition and his amateur status.[1][2] In 1900, he played for Fleischmann's semiprofessional team based in the Catskill Mountains, the Mountain Tourists, leading the team with a .400 batting average.[1][2] After receiving his law degree from Cincinnati, Huggins realized that he could make even more money playing baseball,[1] and as such William Howard Taft, one of Huggins' law professors, advised him to play baseball.[4][5] He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced law.[6]Professional careerEarly playing career (1899–1903) Huggins began his playing career in minor league baseball with the Mansfield Haymakers of the Class B Interstate League in 1899. He continued his minor league apprenticeship with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association from 1901 through 1903.[4] After starting his career as an exclusively right-handed hitter, he began to bat from the left side in 1902 in response to his offensive struggles in the 1901 season while also moving to second base during his time at St. Paul.[2] Miller Huggins' 1909 baseball card Huggins handled 19 fielding chances, 11 putouts and nine assists, without committing an error in a game with the Saints in 1902; the previous Major League Baseball (MLB) record being 18, set by Fred Dunlap in 1882.[7] In 1903, he pulled off the first delayed steal in recorded baseball history.[3]Cincinnati Reds (1904–1909) Fleischmann, part-owner of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League (NL), kept an eye on Huggins while he played for St. Paul. The Reds duly purchased his contract from the Saints before the 1904 season.[2] He made his MLB debut on April 15, 1904,[7] and proved very adept at getting on base. He batted .264 with the Reds that season and improved in the 1906 season, finishing with a .292 batting average and 41 stolen bases,[4] while spending considerable time developing his upper-body strength.[2] Although Huggins hoped to be selected as Ned Hanlon's successor as Cincinnati's manager after the 1907 season, the Reds instead went with John Ganzel.[8] In 1908, He played with the Reds in the Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series. Hampered by a broken ankle and torn ligaments in his shoulder, he slumped to .209 in 1909.[2]St. Louis Cardinals (1910–1917) Before the 1910 season, the Reds traded Huggins, along with Frank Corridon and Rebel Oakes, to the St. Louis Cardinals in return for Fred Beebe and Alan Storke. He set an MLB record on June 1, 1910 with six plate appearances but no at bats, with four walks and two sacrifice flies.[4][7] In the same year, he batted .265 for the Cardinals and led the NL in walks.[9] Huggins with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1912 On July 13, 1911, he tied the NL record for successful fielding chances in a game with 16.[4] At the end of the season, he finished sixth in the voting for the Chalmers Award for Most Valuable Player. In 1912, he hit over .300 for the first time in his career.[2] Huggins became player-manager for the Cardinals after the 1912 season, succeeding Roger Bresnahan,[10][11][12] with team owner Helene Hathaway Britton preferring his "gentlemanly" manner over Bresnahan's rougher personality.[13] With the acquisition of speed in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including Dots Miller, Art Butler, Cozy Dolan and Chief Wilson, the Cardinals contended for the NL pennant in 1914.[14] Finishing in third place, it was the Cardinals' best finish since 1876,[13] but they fell back to sixth in 1915 and last in 1916.[13] When Britton sold the team after that season, she offered Huggins a chance to buy a part of the team. While he was attempting to raise money from the Fleischmann family, Britton sold the team to a group headed by Samuel Breadon, who hired Branch Rickey to run the team's day-to-day operations in the front office.[13] Huggins had coached the young Rogers Hornsby, helping him to correct his batting stance,[10] and Hornsby duly succeeded him as the team's starting second baseman in 1917 as Huggins ended his playing career.[13] He managed the team during 1917, the last year of his contract, but was not retained.[13]New York Yankees (1918–1929) With the New York Yankees of the American League (AL) not performing well, Yankees owners Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston sought to replace "Wild" Bill Donovan as manager.[15] Ban Johnson, AL president, suggested Huggins to Ruppert as a replacement for Donovan. Huston, who had been in Europe at the time that Ruppert had made the appointment, disliked Huggins and wanted to hire Wilbert Robinson, his drinking buddy.[15] Ruppert himself had been put off by Huggins' wool cap and practice of smoking pipes in public, which he felt was the mark of the working class.[15] However, Ruppert interviewed Huggins upon Johnson's recommendation, and agreed that Huggins knew much about baseball.[15] Ruppert offered the job to Huggins, who initially did not want to take the position, as the Yankees were in no better a position than the Cardinals. J. G. Taylor Spink of The Sporting News eventually convinced Huggins to accept the offer,[15] and he signed a two-year contract.[16] The hiring of Huggins drove a wedge between the two co-owners that culminated in Huston selling his shares of the team to Ruppert in 1922.[3][17] "I call him the squarest shooter I ever knew in baseball." – Lou Gehrig on Huggins[3] Having taken charge Huggins did not shy away from making personnel changes.[18][19][20] Upon taking over the Yankees, he stressed fundamental baseball, drilling the Yankees in the art of the bunt.[21] Huggins also made his first player transaction, acquiring Del Pratt and Eddie Plank from the St. Louis Browns trading Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon, Fritz Maisel, Les Nunamaker, Urban Shocker and $15,000 ($235,188 in current dollar terms),[22] a move that led to criticism in the press.[21] In Huggins' first season with the Yankees, the team finished fourth in the AL.[23] After that season, he obtained Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard and Duffy Lewis from the Boston Red Sox, for Ray Caldwell, Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, and Roxy Walters.[22] The following year he traded Pratt, Muddy Ruel, Hank Thormahlen and Sammy Vick to the Red Sox for Waite Hoyt, Harry Harper, Mike McNally and Wally Schang.[22] Huggins signed a one-year contract to remain with the Yankees for a reported $12,000.[24] Huston continually took the side of his players in any argument they had against Huggins,[15] criticizing Huggins in the press when the Yankees lost the pennant in 1920.[15] Meanwhile, Ruppert was at best a lukewarm advocate of Huggins.[25] Babe Ruth resisted Huggins' discipline; he did not respect Huggins due to his small stature, soft-spoken nature, and inability to fight,[26] and Huggins was unable to enforce punishments on Ruth.[25] The Yankees finished third in the AL in 1919 and 1920.[23] Huggins signed a one-year contract to remain with the team in 1921.[24] Huggins with the Yankees in 1922 Coming into the 1921 season, Huggins was still experiencing criticism in the press. Hugh Fullerton wrote that "in the past Huggins has not shone as a leader of men".[27] By that season, Huggins developed Aaron Ward, Wally Pipp, and Bob Shawkey.[28] The Yankees won their first AL pennant in 1921,[23] reaching the World Series for the first time in franchise history, silencing his critics in the press. However, they lost the 1921 World Series to the New York Giants. In response, Huggins sought to add more pitching talent.[29] Before the 1922 season, Huggins acquired Johnny Mitchell from the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League and traded fan favorite Roger Peckinpaugh along with Rip Collins, Bill Piercy, and Jack Quinn to the Red Sox for Everett Scott, Bullet Joe Bush, and Sad Sam Jones.[22] By this time, Ruppert hired Ed Barrow as the team's business manager, and he aided Huggins in player transactions.[30] The Yankees repeated as AL champions that season,[23] but lost the 1922 World Series, again to the Giants. With the newly gained confidence of his owners, Huggins was retained as manager.[31][32] The Yankees won their first World Series in 1923, preventing the Giants from repeating as champions for the third consecutive season.[33] They were unable to retain their title the following season however, finishing second in the AL to the Washington Senators.[23] Huggins had come to regret his trade of Urban Shocker to the Browns. In St. Louis, the spitballer Shocker had come into his own as a starter, racking up four straight 20-win seasons in the years 1920-23 and leading the American League with 27 wins in 1921 and strikeouts the following year, when he won 24 games. Shocker was reacquired for Bullet Joe Bush, Milt Gaston and Joe Giard in December 1924. However, through 42 games of the 1925 season, the Yankees struggled, falling to seventh place in the eight-team AL, 13 1/2 games out of first place.[34] Huggins made wholesale changes to the Yankees' lineup, as he replaced Ward at second base with Howard Shanks, catchers Steve O'Neill and Wally Schang with Benny Bengough, and, most notably, Pipp with Lou Gehrig at first base, beginning Gehrig's record consecutive games played streak. Among the team's regulars, only Babe Ruth, Joe Dugan, and Bob Meusel remained in the lineup.[34] However, the team continued to struggle; amid rumors that he might replace Huggins, Ruppert stated that "Miller Huggins will be manager as long as he cares to be".[35] The Yankees fell to seventh place in the AL that season.[23] With Ruppert's full support, Huggins' duties with the Yankees included keeping Ruth in line.[3][25] Unafraid of his star player, Huggins and Ruth often clashed.[36] Huggins suspended Ruth indefinitely on August 29, 1925 for "misconduct off the playing field", while also fining him $5,000 ($67,239 in current dollar terms).[37][38] Ruth responded by claiming Ruppert would rescind the fine and suspension, and that he would never play for Huggins again, believing that Ruppert would side with him over Huggins. However, Ruppert insisted that the fine would stand and that Ruth would be suspended for as long as Huggins desired.[25] After apologizing to Huggins and Ruppert,[39] Ruth was reinstated on September 5.[40] Ruth did not challenge Huggins' authority again.[25] "He was the only man who knew how to keep me in line." – Babe Ruth on Huggins[3] Huggins restructured the team for the 1926 season, giving starting jobs to Mark Koenig and Tony Lazzeri.[41] That season, Huggins won his fourth pennant with the Yankees in 1926,[10] marking the first time that a team won a pennant after finishing seventh the year prior.[23][42] However, the Yankees lost the 1926 World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. Winning the pennant once again in the 1927 season, Huggins matched Cap Anson's mark of five pennants in seven seasons.[43] That year, the Yankees benefited from the development of George Pipgras and Wilcy Moore,[23] and set an American League record with 110 regular season victories,[44] winning the AL by 19 games.[45] The Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series. This team became known as Murderers' Row, and is considered the one of the greatest teams in baseball history.[45] Huggins remained confident in his team's ability to repeat as AL champions in 1928 season.[46][47] Huggins supplemented his team by acquiring Bill Dickey from the minor leagues.[48] He acquired Stan Coveleski, who was attempting to return to his peak years, but released him in August when the former star continued to struggle.[49] The Yankees reached the 1928 World Series, winning their sixth pennant in eight years,[20] and defeated the Cardinals 4 games to 0. This was the first time a team swept their opponents in consecutive World Series'.[50] Huggins continued to tinker with his roster during the offseason. He traded Dugan, Mike Gazella, Rosy Ryan and Pat Collins,[20] and acquired Lyn Lary from the Pacific Coast League.[51] He tried Lary at third base and Leo Durocher at shortstop,[52] while he attempted to acquire George Uhle and Ed Morris, but was unsuccessful in both cases.[20] The Yankees fell behind the Philadelphia Athletics in the standings during the 1929 season and as it became clear that the Yankees would not win the AL pennant in 1929, Huggins began consulting with coaches Art Fletcher and Bob Shawkey about the future of the team, including how to replace Bob Meusel in left field.[52] However, by August 1929 Huggins began losing weight and complained of feeling ill.[50]Death The monument dedicated to Huggins by the New York Yankees in Monument Park Huggins fell ill on September 20, 1929, and checked into Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center for erysipelas. His condition was complicated by the development of influenza with high fever.[53][54] The Yankees' club physician, in consultation with other doctors, decided to administer blood transfusions.[53][55] But despite their best efforts, Huggins died at the age of 50 on September 25, 1929 of pyaemia.[53] The American League canceled its games for the following day out of respect,[56] and the viewing of his casket at Yankee Stadium drew thousands of tearful fans. A moment of silence was held for Huggins before the start of Game 4 of the 1929 World Series (at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, after which the A's overcame an 8-0 Cub advantage with 10 runs in the last of the seventh for a spectacular 10-8 come-from-behind victory and a 3-1 Series advantage).[57] He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in his native Cincinnati.[3] The Yankees found it difficult to replace Huggins. Art Fletcher managed the team for its final eleven games of the 1929 season, but he did not want to manage the team full-time. After the season, Ruppert offered the job in turn to Fletcher, Donie Bush and Eddie Collins, all of whom declined. Eventually, "Bob the Gob" Shawkey agreed to serve as the Yankees manager for the 1930 season, leading the team to a third-place finish.[52][58]Playing and managing profile Huggins was listed at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) and 140 pounds (64 kg).[2] His small stature inspired the nicknames "Mighty Mite" and the "Mite Manager".[59] He was also known as "Rabbit" and "Little Everywhere" for his ability to cover ground in the infield.[4] An excellent leadoff batter and defensive second baseman, he ended his playing career with a .265 batting average and .956 fielding percentage.[4] He led the league in walks four times and regularly posted an on-base percentage near .400. He scored 100 or more runs three times and regularly stole 30 or more bases for 324 lifetime steals. On the downside, in 1914 he set the single season caught-stealing record in the National League, when he was thrown out 36 times (as opposed to 32 successful steals).[60] Huggins finished his managerial career with a 1413–1134 record. His 1413 wins as a manager ranks 23rd all-time (as of the start of the 2012 season).[61] He learned his managerial strategy by observing Hanlon and Bresnahan. His managerial style at first emphasized speed, base-stealing, hit- and-run plays and "slap" (i.e., contact) hitting, but the acquisition of superstar slugger Ruth dictated a change of emphasis towards power and not giving away outs.[26] For the slugging Yankees of the 1920s, he recruited power hitters and consistent (as opposed to brilliant) pitchers.[26]Legacy In 1915, umpire and sportswriter Billy Evans, writing about the scarcity of competent second basemen in baseball, listed Huggins, Collins, Pratt, Johnny Evers, and Nap Lajoie as the best in the game.[5] He later wrote that Huggins was "one of the greatest managers I have ever met".[62] Bill James ranked Huggins as the 37th best second baseman of all time in 2001 in his The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.[56] The Yankees dedicated a monument to Huggins on May 30, 1932, placing it in front of the flagpole in center field at Yankee Stadium. Huggins was the first of many Yankees legends granted this honor, which eventually became "Monument Park", dedicated in 1976. The monument calls Huggins "A splendid character who made priceless contributions to baseball."[63] The Yankees also named a field at Al Lang Stadium, their spring training home, after Huggins.[50][64] Huggins was included on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, and 1950,[a] failing to receive the number of votes required for election on those occasions. The Veterans Committee elected Huggins to the Hall of Fame in February 1964,[25] and he was posthumously inducted that summer.[65]Personal Huggins was a private man who kept to himself. He lived in Cincinnati during the winters while playing for the Reds and Cardinals,[2] but began to make St. Petersburg, Florida his winter home while managing the Yankees.[66] Huggins did not marry,[2] and lived with his sister while in Cincinnati.[3] Huggins invested in real estate holdings in Florida,[67] although he sold them in 1926 as they took too much of his time away from baseball.[68] He enjoyed playing golf and billiards in his spare time.[2][69] Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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