1.5x2.25" card from the second of three annual issues during the Puerto Rican League winter seasons, these cards are similar to the previous year's set. 216 cards in the set. Glossy bw photo front w/text on back in red which serves as a "Play" designation for use as a card game.

In our Jan. 2025 auction a CGC 1 Poor sold for $1,947.

Pedro Anibal Cepeda (1905-1955), nicknamed "Perucho" and "the Bull", was a Puerto Rican baseball player who was considered one of the best players of his generation. Known as the "Babe Cobb of Puerto Rico", referring to his dominance as a hitter and his legendary hustle evocative of both Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, Cepeda was a Latin American baseball superstar. He was denied the chance to play in the major leagues because he was of African descent and played the bulk of his pro career (which spanned the years 1928 to 1950) before the color line was broken by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Cepeda refused offers to play in the Negro
leagues in the mainland United States as he abhorred the racism endemic to American society at the time. He was the father of baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda.

Richard Merkin Collection.