1923-24 BILLIKEN HANK SCHREIBER SGC 50 VG/EX 4 (RICHARD MERKIN COLLECTION).
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Item Description
2x2-5/8" Cuban card issued as a premium by Billiken brand cigars. Cards in this set feature players from the 1923-24 Cuban Professional League. The set includes 15 cards each for the four teams that participated that season: Almendares, Habana, Marianao, and Santa Clara. Glossy front features a B&W photo, players name and team. The back of the card has an ad for "Billiken." Cards in this elusive set are among the scarcest and most popular of the pre-war Cuban issues.

Hank Schreiber played in the major leagues over parts of five different seasons for five different teams. He held some strange records at one time such as being the only player to play for five major league teams in five non-consecutive years, never playing on more than one team per season, and never at any point appearing in the majors in two consecutive seasons. Another record was that he played for the most major league teams without ever accumulating enough career at-bats to officially qualify as a rookie. He played one season in the Cuban League for Marianao. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.


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