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Nap Lajoie
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(b. September 5, 1874 - d. February 7, 1959)
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| One of the best right batters in history, Lajoie
was the best second baseman of his era and became
the first man at his position to be elected to the
Hall. A graceful fielder, he hit over .300 16 times
in his career. He won the Triple Crown in 1901, the
American League's debut season; batting .422 with
14 homers and 125 RBI. His presence and outstanding
performance gave the AL much-needed attention and
respect. Lajoie had a career .338 average, 3,242 hits
and 657 doubles. |
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Inducted in 1937
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1910 E96 Philadelphia
Caramel Nap Lajoie PSA 6 EX-MT
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Comments: In January,
2000 I first purchased a 1940 Playball PSA 7 via eBay. A couple
months later, I won an upgrade - a beautiful PSA 8 from seller Bedrock
Auctions, also off eBay. In October, 2006 I decided to swap out
the tribute card with an item issued during Napoleon's career and
found a PSA 3 E96 on eBay which I won. I upgraded to a PSA 4
after winning a Goodwin auction in April, 2008. I've tried upgrading
a couple more times but have come up short - tough card. Here it is:
UPDATE: After 10+ years of waiting - I swung and hit a home run. When one of the best graded examples of a card in the world comes up in auction sometimes you got to go for it. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to purchase a PSA 6 of this card when it was offered up by Heritage Auctions in Sept, 2020. There's only five E96 Lajoie's in the world graded EX-MT by PSA with none higher. The color on this card was dripping off the edges and the corners looked NM+. It looked beautiful and once in hand, the card did not disappoint. The card looks as nice as the day it came out of the caramel package. Honestly, I don't see the flaws which kept it from receiving a higher grade - just a fantastic example. Check out the color of the front/back against the "4" example....night and day difference! |
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| Card Details Below: |
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1910 |
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E96 |
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Philadelphia Caramel |
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United States |
| Description: |
This set of 30 subjects, known by the ACC designation
of E96, was issued in 1910 by the Philadelphia Caramel Co. as a
continuation of the E95 set of the previous year. The front design
remained the same, but the two issues can be identified by the backs.
The backs of the E96 cards are printed in red and carry a checklist
of 30 players. There is also a line at the bottom advising "Previous
series 25, making total issue 55 cards." Just below that appears
"Philadelphia Caramel Co./Camden, N.J." Blank-back cards printed
on thinner stock are not proofs, but rather were cut off a "Base
Ball Series" notebook cover. |
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Example Postcard of the Philadelphia Caramel
Company
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