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Circa 1910 Nap Lajoie Photograph (PSA Type I)
Offered is a Type I circa 1910 original photograph of Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, a great Hall of Fame second baseman and rival of Ty Cobb. Lajoie played in the Major Leagues from 1896-1916, playing with the Cleveland Broncos (Naps), and Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. He won five American League batting crowns and hit a Major League lifetime .338. His .426 average in 1901 with the Philadelphia Athletics is the highest batting average in AL history. Lajoie spent 13 seasons with Cleveland as a player and player/manager, and he became so popular after his first year with Cleveland in 1902, that in 1903 the Cleveland team nickname was switched from Broncos to Naps. After Lajoie left the Cleveland franchise, the team's name was switched to Indians in 1915, until the name was changed again in 2022 to Guardians. In 1910, Lajoie and Ty Cobb competed for the AL batting championship and a Chalmers Roadster was offered to the winner. The popular Lajoie edged out Ty Cobb on the final day of the season when Cobb, with a big lead, sat out his season ending doubleheader, and Lajoie, playing a doubleheader in St. Louis against the Browns, collected eight hits, including five straight bunt hits, to win the crown. Because the Browns' third baseman, Red Corriden, played so far back as to be almost in left field, allegedly on orders from his manager, the batting title was hotly contested, and the Chamers Company eventually gave both Cobb and Lajoie the Chalmers automobile prize. Baseball Reference.com credits Lajoie with the 1910 AL batting title at .383. The 6.25x9.5" photo has been framed to 10.75x11". The Type I photo is in excellent condition, and it comes with a PSA/DNA LOA.
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