This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/10/2017
More than a few contemporary baseball insiders viewed John Clarkson as the finest pitcher of the 19th century. He won 30 or more games in a season six times, including two of the top four all-time totals, 53 in 1885 and 49 in ’89. In the ten-year period between August 1884 and July 1894, he amassed 327 victories in the National League, and then retired at the age of 33. Clarkson was recognized as half of the $20,000 Battery, so called for the price Boston paid for the pitcher and King Kelly. The offered card offers an exceptionally attractive image that is extremely well registered. The card appears to have a slight angular cut trim to the bottom edge.