Cuban professional baseball player (1906-1971) who played in Negro league baseball and Latin American leagues from 1923 to 1936, mostly as a pitcher and second baseman; he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Vintage matte-finish 4.75 x 3.5 photo of the scoreboard at Havana's Stadium Cerveza Tropical, signed on the reverse in black ink by Martín Dihigo, with another hand adding his position. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Despite never playing the Major Leagues, Dodgers general manager Al Campanis was quoted as saying that ‘the best player that I have ever seen in my life is Martin Dihigo...After Dihigo, I would put Roberto Clemente above Willie Mays.’
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