This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/4/2020
Graded NM 7 by PSA. Slight to moderate chipping along the edge surely did not prevent PSA from assessing a NM 7 grade to this card. Rube Marquard, who was a pitcher on the 1912 New York Giants, put together a single-season winning streak that, like DiMaggio’s, still stands. Beginning with his first start of the season, at Brooklyn on April 11, Marquard won 19 games in a row. He didn’t lose until July 8. During the streak, left-handed pitcher Marquard had an earned-run average of 1.63. Marquard credited Giants manager John McGraw for sticking with him during the early years of his career, when wins were hard to come by. Both McGraw and coach Wilbert Robinson echoed the same refrain to Marquard: “You’ve got it in you, if you can only find yourself.” But the pitcher also noted the other successful tactics he employed. “I suppose the great thing is to find the weaknesses of the batsmen you’re pitching against,” said Marquard.