1923-24 TOMAS GUTIERREZ #14 OSCAR CHARLESTON (HOF) SGC 20 FAIR 1.5.
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Winning Bid:
$23,364.00
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
From same set as lot #782. Card front reads "Santa Clara B.B.C. Charleston-Outfielder." Along with Pop Lloyd, the key card in the set and highly sought after. Charleston was a Negro League star who played in the Cuban League for seven seasons between 1920-1930. He had a career batting average of .360, an all-time Cuban League high. A multi-talented star, he was renowned by those who saw him play as the finest all-around player in Negro League history. Charleston began his professional baseball career with the Indianapolis ABC's in 1915. Charleston's best Negro League season was 1921, when he compiled an amazing .434 batting average while leading the league with 35 stolen bases, 14 doubles, 11 triples and 15 home runs in only 60 league games. Charleston would go on to star for several of the most legendary teams in NL history, including the 1930 Homestead Grays and the 1930s Pittsburgh Crawfords before finishing up his career managing the Philadelphia Stars ball club during the 1940s. Inducted into the National Baseball HOF in 1976.
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