Between the Covers

Unbound. Gelatin silver stereocard. Image size 6½" x 2¼" mounted on thick card. Printed caption below image. Lightened a little at the extremities of the images else near fine. Shown here mid-pitch, McDuffie was a flamboyant breakout star in the Negro, Mexican, Cuban, and Dominican Leagues, and was renowned as both a pitcher and hitter. He switched teams frequently, and succeeded everywhere he played (beating Satchel Page in two out of three match-ups) and certainly would have been a star in the Major Leagues, but was mostly past his prime when the Leagues really opened up to black players. This photo shows him in his last successful season, when he went 14-3 and was the MVP in the Dominican Championship Series.

Item #458361