1909-11 / T206 White Border - CLARENCE HOWETH "GINGER" BEAUMONT (Outfielder) - Boston Braves / National League (GAI Certified) (1909 / Piedmont 150 / 25 Back) Tobacco / Cigarette Baseball Card (#26)

Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont (b. July 23, 1876 in Rochester, Wisconsin – d. April 10, 1956 at age 79 in Burlington, Wisconsin) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1906) and Boston Braves (1907–1909). He was born in Rochester, Wisconsin, and attended Beloit College. During the years 1900–1904 – with the Pirates winning pennants from 1901–1903 – Beaumont led the National League in hits three times, scored 100 runs four times, leading the league once, and also captured the 1902 batting championship with a .357 mark. As the Pirates' regular leadoff hitter, he was the first player ever to bat in a World Series game.

Nicknamed "Ginger" for his thick red hair, he used his excellent speed to great advantage; on the day before his 23rd birthday in his rookie season, he had six infield singles and became the first player to score six runs in a game. He was also the first player in major league history to lead his league in hits three consecutive years, which has been accomplished by only five others; he led the NL in hits a fourth time with the 1907 Braves. Often bothered by leg injuries, he joined the Chicago Cubs for the 1910 season, and made pinch-hitting appearances in the first three games of the 1910 World Series before leaving the major leagues with a .311 career batting average and on-base average of .362. He played one more season in the minor leagues before retiring to his Honey Creek, Wisconsin farm. He was one of the first inductees to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1951. Beaumont suffered two strokes in his seventies, and died at age 79 in Burlington, Wisconsin.

Beaumont has a baseball field named after him in his hometown of Burlington. His name also represents part of the Burlington Little League organization. In July 2015, a monument to Beaumont was dedicated at Beaumont Field.

MLB debut - April 21, 1899, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance - October 15, 1910, for the Chicago Cubs

MLB statistics:
Batting average - .311
Home runs - 39
RBI - 617

Teams:
Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1906)
Boston Doves (1907–1909)
Chicago Cubs (1910)

Career highlights and awards:
NL batting champion (1902)
NL runs scored leader (1903)

LINK to SABR article - Ginger Beaumont - written by Daniel Ginsburg - sabr.org/bioproj/person/ginger-beaumont/
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The tobacco card set known as T206 was issued from 1909 to 1911 in cigarette and loose tobacco packs through 16 different brands owned by the American Tobacco Company. It is a landmark set in the history of baseball card collecting, due to its size, rarity, and the quality of its color lithographs. It is also known informally as the "White Border" set due to the distinctive white borders surrounding the lithographs on each card.

The T206 set consists of 524 cards. Over 100 of the cards picture minor league players. There are also multiple cards for the same player in different poses, different uniforms, or even with different teams after being traded (since the set was issued over a period of three years). The cards measure 1 7⁄16 by 2 5⁄8 inches (3.7 cm × 6.7 cm) which is considered by many collectors to be the standard tobacco card size.

The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more. This is in part because of Wagner's place among baseball's immortals, as he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. More importantly, it is one of the scarcest cards from the most prominent of all vintage card sets.

Link to checklist - www.t206museum.com/page/ch_reglt.html

Link to - T206 checklist / Listing all the possible backs - www.t206museum.com/page/ch_scbklt.html

Link to - T206 Resource - t206resource.com/

Link to - Back Scarcity - www.t206museum.com/page/ch_scbklt.html

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