Description

Snodgrass was a solid outfielder with John McGraw’s strong New York Giants squad. He could hit, run and field and was a favorite of the HOF Manager. Unfortunately, he would be remembered for dropping a fly ball in the 1912 World Series. In the final game the Giants headed into the bottom of the tenth with a 2-1 lead, on the verge of winning their first World Series since 1905. Pinch hitter Clyde Engle led off the bottom of the tenth with a fly ball toward left center. The ball was hit more toward left field, but Snodgrass, coming from center field, called for it. He then dropped it for a two-base error. He proceeded to make a spectacular game-saving catch on the next play, a deep fly ball to center by Harry Hooper, but Tris Speaker then followed with a single to tie the game. A Larry Gardner sacrifice fly drove in the World Series winning run for the Red Sox.  McGraw was not among those who blamed Snodgrass for the loss. In his book My Thirty Years in Baseball, McGraw remarked, “Often I have been asked what I did to Fred Snodgrass after he dropped that fly ball in the World Series of 1912…I will tell you exactly what I did: I raised his salary $1,000.”  A stamp “Lloyd Bolton”, presumably a one-time owner of the card, adorns the Piedmont 350/25 back, and is graded accordingly.

Graded 1 PR by SGC

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