This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/5/2007
On the 100th anniversary of the 1907 baseball season, we recall that the National League pennant race was dominated by the defending champion Chicago Cubs. The baseball juggernaut won 107 games during the season with only 45 losses as they ran away from Honus Wagner's Pittsburgh Pirates team by 17 games. The World Series was no different as the Cubs swept Ty Cobb and his Detroit Tigers to win their second straight World Championship. The team would win for a third consecutive time the following year. This 1907 Chicago Cubs Championship Gold Medal was presented to Henry Zimmerman the team's rookie second baseman. This heirloom has resided within the Zimmerman family for decades. Zimmerman, a fine batsman for many years, would hit .295 in his 13 year major league career. In 1912, Zimmerman was a one man wrecking crew who led the majors in six separate hitting categories, while racking up a .372 batting average and narrowly missing the Triple Crown by 3 RBI's. In 1907, the rookie had the distinction of playing behind the legendary Hall of Fame second baseman and team captain Johnny Evers, the hub in the Cubs' famed double play combination of Tinker to Evers to Chance. Zimmerman's own championship Gold Medal is exquisite in its design and phenomenal in its pristine state of preservation, representing the Cubs team during the height of their greatness. On its face, the Gold Medal features a Cubs head with a brilliant ruby eye, clasping a fine diamond in its mouth laid on a globe of the world encircled by a pair of bats crossing over two baseballs. On the back it is scripted: "Presented to Henry Zimmerman, Member of the Chicago National League Ball Club by the National Commission, for winning the 1907 Worlds Baseball Championship." The gold medal measures 1 1/2" in diameter. Baseball awards of this quality, vintage and importance are seldom seen in today's marketplace. LOA from near family of Henry Zimmerman.
Estimate: $15,000-25,000