Unique Cards

[Zach Wheat]

How about a card of "Colby" Jack Coombs? If you want a card of this player, you pretty much have to stick to a T201 as he was left out of the major T sets. He is not found in other T sets of this era but was one of the dominant players in the 1910-ish era.

He picked up the nickname "Colby" due to his college affiliation - Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He threw a shut out in the first game he pitched - 3 weeks after graduating from college. 1910 was his best year - a year in which many of the more well know card sets of this era were designed/planned/issued/distributed - but curiously he was left out of every set except the T201 set.

In 1910 he had 31 wins and 13 shut outs. His ML single season record of 13 shutouts would stand for 103 years. He was not an accomplished hitter during the season batting in the low 200's; however, he led the Phil A's to the World Series starting & winning games 2,3 & 5 against the NL Chic Cubs - while batting 0.385.



Z Wheat