1923-24 TOMAS GUTIERREZ #83 CRISTOBAL TORRIENTE (HOF) (BLANK BACK) SGC A (AUTHENTIC).
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Winning Bid:
$8,437.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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 and one of the key cards. Card front reads "Marianao B.B.C. Torriente-Outfielder". Two different versions of this second Torriente card are known to exist, one displaying the standard advertising back and one with a blank back, which is the card being offered here. The reason for the issuance of this variation is unknown, it may or may not be scarcer than the advertising back version. Cristobal Torriente was a native of Cienfuegos, Cuba and would begin his professional baseball career with the Habana ball club during the 1912-13 winter league season. Torriente holds the all-time Cuban baseball batting record with a career average of .352, earning two batting titles, including a .402 season. Cristobal would spend a total of fifteen seasons playing in the US Negro Leagues, starring for the Cuban Stars and Chicago American Giants for much of that time from 1915 to 1932. Torriente was the clean-up hitter for the three-time Negro League champion, Chicago American Giants, from 1920-22. Torriente was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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