{"product_id":"1909-11-t206-piedmont-150-ty-cobb-bat-on-shoulder-psa-vg-3","title":"1909-11 T206 Piedmont 150 Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder PSA VG 3","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1909-11 T206 Piedmont 150 Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder PSA 3 - Cobb, Coiled and Waiting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThere is a quiet menace to the \u003cstrong\u003eT206 Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder\u003c\/strong\u003e pose. Rather than showing the Georgia Peach in motion, the artwork freezes him with the bat resting across his shoulder, staring outward as if the next pitch is only seconds away. The \u003cstrong\u003ePiedmont 150\u003c\/strong\u003e version dates to the early portion of the legendary T206 production, placing Cobb inside the tobacco-card set that has come to define an entire era of collecting. It is one of four primary Cobb poses in T206, each telling a slightly different visual story of the most relentless hitter of the Deadball Era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis example is graded \u003cstrong\u003ePSA VG 3\u003c\/strong\u003e and carries the classic \u003cstrong\u003ePiedmont 150 Subjects\u003c\/strong\u003e advertisement on the reverse. Cobb’s T206 cards occupy a category of their own within the set: they are not simply Hall of Fame subjects needed for completion, but foundational prewar cards collected independently across poses, backs, and grades. The Bat On Shoulder image has an especially composed quality, trading the aggression of his batting poses for a portrait that lets Cobb’s unmistakable intensity do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnd intensity defined him. Cobb won an extraordinary \u003cstrong\u003e12 American League batting titles\u003c\/strong\u003e, including nine consecutively from 1907 through 1915, and finished his 24-year career with a \u003cstrong\u003e.366 batting average, 4,189 hits, and 897 stolen bases\u003c\/strong\u003e under modern statistical accounting. In 1911, he hit .420, collected 248 hits, stole 83 bases, and captured the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican League MVP Award\u003c\/strong\u003e in one of the great offensive seasons of the era. When the inaugural Hall of Fame voting took place in 1936, Cobb received more votes than Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson, or Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53621201502517,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/7827\/6917\/files\/1909-11T206Piedmont150TyCobbBatOnShoulderPSAVG3fr.png?v=1789972723","url":"https:\/\/halloffameexchange.com\/products\/1909-11-t206-piedmont-150-ty-cobb-bat-on-shoulder-psa-vg-3","provider":"Hall of Fame Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}