Young, Mathewson, Johnson, & Alexander - Pop 20 or below

[ValKehl]

I assume everyone is enjoying seeing the fabulous cards of Ruth, Cobb, Wagner & Jackson in this current thread: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=255760

But, as so often is the case, the focus is on great hitters, as opposed to great pitchers. So, I have started this thread to show some love to four of the greatest pitchers of the same era.

Show your treasured cards of Cy, Matty, WaJo, and Pete that have a population of 20 or less in the combined PSA & SGC pop reports. And, let's make this competitive - let's strive to show more scarce/rare cards than are shown in the hitters thread! And, please show the backs of your cards, unless the backs are blank.

I'll start with this 1911 Baseball Bats of WaJo (my avatar) - my card is raw, and there are 4 in the combined pop reports:

[paul]

I don't know the population reports, but there can't be many of these.

[brass_rat]

Good one, Val!

[sb1]

Couple of tougher ones.

[jerrys]

1/1

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[slidekellyslide]

Do pinbacks count?

[Solemany2k]

My favorite Mathewson I've owned. This M116 is just an amazing portrait. But then again all of these cards always make me drool . Even the graded 1s always Catherine my eye

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[Solemany2k]

Originally Posted by Solemany2k

My favorite Mathewson I've owned. This M116 is just an amazing portrait. But then again all of these cards always make me drool . Even the graded 1s always Catherine my eye

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Catch my eye ! It sucks tonha e sassage fingers on a small phone lol

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[ValKehl]

I suspect folks are getting tired of seeing black & white WaJo cards with the hands-at-chest pose (but, I love this pose!), so I'll show my last two such cards in the same post. The combined pop reports show seven H801-8 Boston Store cards and eight E135 Collins-McCarthy cards. Anyone willing to part with a WaJo card with the h-a-c pose that I haven't posted in this thread, kindly email me at ekehl333@aol.com.

[brass_rat]

Val, if you had more, I'd say keep those posts coming! Nothing quite like seeing rare cards!

As you know, I'm partial to a similar hands-at-chest pose.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

Val, as you know, I'm partial to a similar hands-at-chest pose.

Steve, do you mean ones like this?

[Solemany2k]

My favorite Mathewson in my collection

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[ValKehl]

Both variations:

[Rhotchkiss]

Val, are they from different years? Why would the same company put out two totally different backs?

[ValKehl]

Ryan, as far as I know, both variations are from the same year, however, some cards in this set have been found with a 1927 copyright date. Cards have also been found with blank backs, and these are believed to have been cut from an advertising sheet. Not being a set collector, I don't know much about this set. Here are links to other info re this set, including past Net54 threads:

https://www.google.com/search?q=1926...w=1920&bih=947

http://www.oldcardboard.com/o/h/spor...?cardsetID=980

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/mu...ampions/27575/

[Leon]

As far as I know only Ruth has been found with a 1927 date on it. There are around 3-5 of those known. And one I used to own..

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Ryan, as far as I know, both variations are from the same year, however, some cards in this set have been found with a 1927 copyright date. Cards have also been found with blank backs, and these are believed to have been cut from an advertising sheet. Not being a set collector, I don't know much about this set. Here are links to other info re this set, including past Net54 threads:

https://www.google.com/search?q=1926...w=1920&bih=947

http://www.oldcardboard.com/o/h/spor...?cardsetID=980

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/mu...ampions/27575/

[Santo10Fan]

Jake Arrieta had a historic 2016 World Series, but Mordecai Brown is still the most important pitcher in Cubs history. https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/brown-mordecai

[packs]

Not sure how many of these are out there. He had 5 years to sign them:

[Vintageclout]

SGC 1.5 1914 Texas Tommy Mathewson - Type 1

[Rhotchkiss]

Average card Joe

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Average card Joe

Hi Ryan.....if you find another one, I will agree with your assessment! LOL!

[Alexcards]

Just picked this up in the LOTG auction last night... I was very excited this morning to see that I had actually won!! Yay!

[Leon]

Just in from REA.
Might as well add another Walter M101-6. I love damage on blank backs on otherwise great looking cards.

[MVSNYC]

Great cards, guys!

Here's a companion for my Cy Young Hindu posted earlier in the thread...