A Hall of Fame T206 Pickup: Addie Joss, Pitching Pose, Sweet Cap Back (PSA 2.5)!

Here's yet another purchased from work piece of my 2018 Tax Refund Splurge Spectacular. It was sent off to the folks at PSA and arrived back a couple of months ago. It instantly becomes one of the highlights of my T206 Collection and my first card of the Human Hairpin, Addie Joss.

This beautiful Sweet Cap Back Pitching Pose was an easy decision when it came into the shop in a large collection. It came back from PSA as a 2.5 and presents very well for the grade. Joss, a tremendous pitcher, also had interest in engineering and was a part-time sports journalist during his playing career.

Joss is the only player in the Hall of Fame whose playing career was less than ten years. He threw a perfect game and an additional no-hitter and posted a career ERA of 1.89 in over 2300 innings (and a FIP not too far removed from that number). After dying at the open of the 1911 season due to tubercular meningitis, the first "All-Star Game" was played in his honor.