The Holy Grail: In 1909 Honus Wagner discovered that the American Tobacco Company had issued this baseball card without his permission.

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The 1909 card of Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Honus Wagner -- one of only about 50 in existence -- was auctioned off by Goldin Auctions in West Berlin, New Jersey.

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In the 2000 edition of Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Mays ranks third all time, behind Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner, and just ahead of Negro League legend Oscar Charleston.

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For instance, besides Derek Jeter, there are only three men who have played a majority of their careers as shortstops to have accumulated more than 3, 000 hits: Honus Wagner (3, 420), Cal Ripken, Jr. (3, 184) and Robin Yount (3, 142).

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