1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Bob Rhoades - Rhoads, Hands at Chest PSA VG-EX 4

T206 Sweet Caporal 350/30 Bob Rhoades – Rhoads, Hands at Chest PSA 4 – Cleveland Deadball Pitcher

Originating from the historic 1909–1911 T206 tobacco card run, this card comes from the most celebrated pre-war baseball release in the hobby. Issued through cigarette packs by the American Tobacco Company, these richly colored lithographic cards captured the players of baseball's strategic Deadball Era.

Bob Rhoads — rendered here as "Rhoades" in one of the T206 set's characteristic spelling variations — was a pitcher for the Cleveland Naps who contributed to a rotation competing in one of the American League's most talent-rich divisions during the early 1900s. The alternate spelling adds a layer of period authenticity to this entry, reflecting the organic, sometimes inconsistent nature of how names were recorded and reproduced in the tobacco card era.

This example features the "Hands at Chest" pose paired with the Sweet Caporal 350/30 advertising reverse and carries a PSA VG-EX 4 grade, displaying solid overall eye appeal and age-appropriate vintage wear for a tobacco card printed more than a century ago. A fine addition representing the Cleveland pitching corps of the pre-war era.