1952 TOPPS #195 ORESTES MINOSO (HOF) ROOKIE CARD CSG 1.5 FAIR.
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$64.91 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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1030 Session I - Political/Sports
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Item Description
2-5/8x3.75".  The 1952 Topps Baseball set consists of  407 cards and was issued in six distinct "Series" groups. Variations, errors and oddities in 1952 Topps include each card in Series 1 (#s 1-80) being found in Black Back and Red Back configurations. 1952 Topps Baseball Card Set is the most popular sports card set ever produced and surpassed all earlier sets in size, quality and quantity. Orestes "Minnie" Minoso, nicknamed "The Cuban Comet" and "Mr. White Sox", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) after the 1948 season as baseball's color line fell. Minoso went on to become an All-Star left fielder with the Indians and Chicago White Sox. The first Afro-Latino in the major leagues and the first black player in White Sox history, as a 1951 rookie he was one of the first Latin Americans to play in an MLB All-Star Game. Some career highlights include being a nine time All-Star, a three time Gold Glove winner and a three time AL stolen base leader. Minnie Minoso was inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame posthumously in 2022.
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