NEGRO LEAGUES CENTENNIAL TEAM BOBBLEHEAD SERIES: Martin Dihigo
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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 Martin. Dihigo, a member of the Las Aguilas de Santiago. Dihigo was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
Dihigo was Cuba's best ball player and one who is deservedly in the argument for best player ever, black or white. Dihigo was both a five-tool player (average, power, speed, arm strength, fielding) and versatile. He played every position except catcher exceptionally well and as needed, not as a publicity stunt. For Cubans, baseball became a symbol for Spanish independence. Its revolutionary popularity is evidenced by the weekly newspapers devoted to the sport in the late 19th and early 20th centuries including El Habana, El Base Ball and El Pitcher. Dihigo has gained entry to four Baseball Halls of Fame - Cuba (1951), Mexico (1964), the United States (1977) and the Dominican Republic (2010).
Dihigo was Cuba's best ball player and one who is deservedly in the argument for best player ever, black or white. Dihigo was both a five-tool player (average, power, speed, arm strength, fielding) and versatile. He played every position except catcher exceptionally well and as needed, not as a publicity stunt. For Cubans, baseball became a symbol for Spanish independence. Its revolutionary popularity is evidenced by the weekly newspapers devoted to the sport in the late 19th and early 20th centuries including El Habana, El Base Ball and El Pitcher. Dihigo has gained entry to four Baseball Halls of Fame - Cuba (1951), Mexico (1964), the United States (1977) and the Dominican Republic (2010).