Nicknamed the "Crabapple Comet" due to his hometown of Crabapple, Georgia, John Rucker came to the Giants in 1940, hyped as the next Ty Cobb due to his home state.  He flirted with .300 batting averages in 1940 and 1941, his first two seasons, his early hype such that he was featured on the cover of Life magazine in April of 1940.  Rucker passed away in 1985.  The card originates from the Shibe Park collection of autographed cards, an original owner collection carefully collected by a teenage boy who, in 1939 and 1940, obtained many autographs from players arriving at the train station near Shibe Park, and continued for many years to obtain signatures in person and through the mail.