Nap Lajoie Port

Napoleon Lajoie (1874–1959) was the American League's first true gate attraction — the French-Canadian second baseman so identified with Cleveland that the franchise was renamed the "Naps" in his honor and stayed that way until he left. A right-handed hitter and thrower with a swing that drove line drives to all fields, he won the Triple Crown in 1901 with a .426 batting average that no American Leaguer has matched since. The T206 "Portrait" pose is one of three Lajoie cards in the foundational 1909–1911 White Border tobacco set, and stands among the more sought-after AL star cards from the issue. Lajoie collected over 3,200 hits across twenty-one major-league seasons and led American League second basemen in fielding percentage so consistently that contemporaries simply assumed it. He died February 7, 1959 in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1937, in the second class of Cooperstown's electors.