1.5x2-3/8" Cuban card produced for the Aguilitas Cigarette brand. The baseball cards are a sub-set featuring 44 players from the Cuban Professional League. This extensive 900 card set also featured movie and stage stars, boxers and other subjects. Glossy photo front with text below portrait "C. Torriente Base Ball." Crisp and strong image. The card back has the card number and an ad for Aguilitas (baseball subset was numbered 841-899). This is one of the key cards in this very desirable Cuban set. At auction in 2006, a SGC 30 Good Torriente card sold for $7,904. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA. Cristobal Torriente (1893-1938) began playing professionally with the Cuban Stars of the Negro League in 1913, and led the American Giants to Negro National League pennants between 1920 and 1922. He holds the Cuban League record batting average of .352 and hit as high as .402 with Almendares. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.