1909-11 T206 Piedmont 350 Nick Maddox PSA NM 7

T206 Piedmont 350 Nick Maddox PSA 7 - A No-Hit Arm in Near Mint Form

Nick Maddox may not carry the instant name recognition of the immortals scattered throughout the T206 checklist, but his baseball story includes an achievement reserved for a remarkably small fraternity of pitchers. The T206 Piedmont 350 Nick Maddox pictures the Pittsburgh right-hander during the brief major-league career in which he established himself as an important young arm for one of the National League’s strongest clubs. Rendered in the unmistakable painted style of T206, Maddox’s card is a reminder of how much history can hide beyond the set’s headline names.

What makes this particular card especially compelling is its PSA NM 7 grade. More than a century removed from the tobacco era, a Near Mint T206 has an entirely different presence, particularly for a player whose cards are often pursued by advanced set builders searching for high-grade examples throughout the checklist. The reverse carries the Piedmont 350 Subjects advertisement, pairing a classic T206 back with a remarkably well-preserved example of Maddox.

Maddox earned his place in baseball history almost immediately. On September 20, 1907, at just 20 years old, he threw a no-hitter for Pittsburgh against Brooklyn, becoming one of the youngest pitchers ever to accomplish the feat. Two years later, he was part of the 1909 Pirates team that defeated Ty Cobb’s Detroit Tigers in the World Series, giving him a championship before his major-league career concluded after the 1910 season.