NEGRO LEAGUES CENTENNIAL TEAM BOBBLEHEAD SERIES: Cristobal Torriente y Torriente
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Item Description
The Negro League Centennial Team (1920-2020) is comprised of 30 of the greatest African-American and Cuban players from 1895-1947 plus a manager and a team owner. Each individual is depicted on a baseball-shaped base with replica of Kansas City's Paseo YMCA, the site where the Negro National League was organized on February 13th, 1920. The bobbleheads are officially licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and approved by the families when applicable. Each player is individually numbered to only 2,020. This bobblehead is of Cristobal Torriente y Torriente, a member of the Elefantes de Marianao. Torriente was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Torriente is regarded as one of Cuba's top baseball exports. He led Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants to the first three pennants of the Negro National League (1920-1922). The Cuban League was founded in 1878 as an all-white league with a color line identical to the U.S. At the end of Spanish colonial rule, Cuban baseball was integrated for the 1900 season by the addition of the all-black San Francisco team. The forces of integration and segregation argued vociferously in support of their cause in baseball newspapers of the era. The integration forces won out largely due to the shared sacrifice during their Civil War, a parallel to the U.S. after World War II.
Torriente is regarded as one of Cuba's top baseball exports. He led Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants to the first three pennants of the Negro National League (1920-1922). The Cuban League was founded in 1878 as an all-white league with a color line identical to the U.S. At the end of Spanish colonial rule, Cuban baseball was integrated for the 1900 season by the addition of the all-black San Francisco team. The forces of integration and segregation argued vociferously in support of their cause in baseball newspapers of the era. The integration forces won out largely due to the shared sacrifice during their Civil War, a parallel to the U.S. after World War II.