1912 Signed M101-2 Jeff Tesreau Dr. Steen Collection died 1946
 

Please note that this item currently resides in a Beckett slab with authentication from JSA. There is also a full PSA DNA LOA that will come with it as well.

Tesreau is a super tough autograph in any format due to his year of death.

He was a workhorse for the Giants from 1912-1918. He averaged 20 wins per year over his first five years in the majors. His hits allowed per nine innings over his first four years in the majors was an astonishing 6.8 per nine. In 1918 he got into an altercation with John McGraw and never played organized ball again.

This is likely the only signed "card" of Tesreau in existence. Signed prewar cards are about as hot as anything on the planet at the moment. Signed M101-2's from the Dr. Steen collection are always in very high demand.

Asking $600 delivered.

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Love both of them.

I can attest to what Tom is saying about the scarcity of this item.
As a collector of no-hit pitcher autographs, Tesreau is exceedingly tough find on any medium. This is the only signed Tesreau photo that I have ever seen.
Great item & congrats to the next owner of this beautiful piece.

Regarding Jeff Tesreau's biography, I would also add that after pitching for the NY Giants, Tesreau took a position as baseball coach for the Dartmouth baseball team of Dartmouth College, a position he held until his death on September 24, 1946. He won 348 games as coach for Dartmouth, often coaching against Joe Wood, who had become the Yale University Yale Bulldogs baseball coach.

One other interesting fact. In 1912 MLB started for the first time using a pitcher's ERA stats as a way of measuring effectiveness.
In 1912 Jeff Tesreau was the ERA champ in the NL and HOF'er Walter Johnson was the ERA champ in the AL...