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T3-Helmar, #164
Cy Seymour

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Cy Seymour is presented in Helmar’s T3 series with the New York Nationals in a relaxed fielding pose, standing with his glove held low before him and a broad smile across his face. The pale uniform is covered by a gray-blue buttoned sweater with deep blue trim and large “N Y” letters across the chest, while the heavily ribbed blue cap and stockings reinforce the New York color scheme. The unusual sweater gives the image a distinctly turn-of-the-century character and separates it visually from the more familiar flannel uniforms seen throughout the series.

The original artwork was painted by Natalia Valiukavich in watercolor. She handles the sweater especially well, building its soft gray body from cool blue-green and gray washes and using the saturated blue collar, cuffs, button placket, and lettering as strong structural accents. The loose white trousers are modeled with pale blue, lavender, and warm reflected tones, while the brown glove forms a compact focal point at the center of the figure. Behind Seymour, the wooden grandstand is rendered in subdued browns and grays, with scattered spectators and bare trees giving the scene the atmosphere of a cool-weather game.

James Bentley “Cy” Seymour was one of the most unusual stars of the Deadball Era, achieving substantial success both as a major-league pitcher and as an everyday outfielder. He began his career on the mound with the New York Giants, where his powerful left arm made him one of the National League’s more formidable pitchers. Seymour later abandoned pitching for full-time outfield work and developed into an outstanding hitter, an exceptionally rare transformation at the major-league level.

His greatest offensive season came with Cincinnati in 1905, when Seymour won the National League batting championship with a .377 average and established himself among the leading hitters in the game. He later returned to the New York Giants and continued as a productive outfielder under John McGraw. Seymour ultimately accumulated more than 1,700 major-league hits after having already won more than 60 games as a pitcher, giving his career a statistical shape almost without parallel in early baseball.

Numbered #164, the Seymour card adds one of the more versatile and historically unusual players of the era to the T3 checklist. His success first as a pitcher and then as a batting champion gives him a distinctive place in baseball history, while the sweatered New York portrait provides one of the more visually unconventional uniform treatments in the series.

Original watercolor artwork by Natalia Valiukavich.

 

  • Description: Gray sweater
  • Team: New York Giants
  • Population (# Sold): 20
  • First Date Sold: 2022-02-15
  • Latest Date Sold: 2026-07-28
  • Card Status: Active
  • # Sold in past year: 4
  • Highest Auction: $ 43.89
  • Average Auction Result: $ 17.49

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