An early card of American League pioneer Jimmy "Loafer" McAleer who had a thirteen-year major league career before becoming a manager and an owner that presided over the Boston Red Sox' 1912 championship team and initiated the practice of the President of the United States throwing out the first ball of the season. Known for his temper internet accounts relate a story where McAleer in an 1891 game against the Cincinnati Reds was tripped by Arlie Latham while rounding third base prompted McAleer to chase Latham with a baseball bat. In 1912 he purchased half the Red Sox and was credited with helping to assemble the outfield of Tris Speaker Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis along with Smoky Joe Wood and Bill Carrigan. After an unfortunate dust-up with president Ban Johnson over McAleer's dismissal of Red Sox manager Jake Stahl (a close friend of Johnson) McAleer sold his shares in the Red Sox and retired to his hometown of Youngstown Ohio. Population Data SGC Population: 22 total graded 4 at this level 6 higher* PSA Population: 1 total graded 0 at this level 1 higher *Please note that SGC does not differentiate between N172 pose variations in their population reports so the number of cards with this pose they have graded is unknown. The figure above represents all the cards of this player they have graded with all poses.