Card, Baseball
Object number2004.66.1
Date1909-1911
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionT206 Tommy Leach Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card. Illustration of a man facing forward wearing a baseball uniform, set against a yellow background with a white border.Dimensions2.625 x 1.5 in. (6.7 x 3.8 cm)Inscriptions"PITTSBURG" printed across uniform short. "LEACH, PITTSBURG" printed along bottom of card.
Historical NotesThird baseman and later center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Came over from Louisville Colonels with Barney Dreyfuss, Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner and other players. The T206 "white border" tobacco card set is one of the largest and most popular cigarette card issues.
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
Related person
Thomas Andrew Leach
(1877 - 1969)
On View
On view
1909-1911
1972
1972
1909-1911
1910
1972
