Lot # 865: 1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo #65 Martin Dihigo (HOF) - PSA PR 1

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 8/2/2022 12:00 AM to
8/20/2022 9:00 PM



Scarce Cuban-issued card of Hall of Famer Martin Dihigo.  Dihigo pitched and played infield in the American Negro Leagues as well as in Cuba, the country of his birth.  He broke into American baseball in 1923 with the Cuban Stars, playing consistently through 1936 and then again with the New York Cubans for a brief period in 1945.  He played in the Cuban League consistently from 1922 through 1947, and in the Mexican league as well.  Across all the different leagues in which he played, he posted a lifetime .302 batting average and a 252-132 pitching record, winning the Cuban League MVP award twice and elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame not only in America but in Cuba and Mexico as well.  Card has been graded POOR 1 with obvious wear, one of just 40 examples graded by PSA, more than half of which are graded at this level.

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