An engaging portrait of versatile Cuban fielder Matias Rios who played for a decade in Latin American and Negro League baseball. His known hitting records imply that teams loved his glovework and his untimely passing in 1924 makes this card a memorial of sorts, especially considering how its photo-paper front resembles many gravesite medallions. As with others in this set, a light background and simple lettering bring facial features and expressions into sharp relief, humanizing baseball's pre-integration era.

This SGC EX 5 rating reflects its superior central image, centering, and great edges that equal those of higher technical grades. The lightest of stains on the reverse, probably from an album mount, are the only mark against it. The central image remains almost impossible to improve upon, regardless of technical score. Its combined population report shows 13 total SGC/PSA graded, with none higher!