pete hill card set

I’ve teamed up with Gary Cieradkowski (of Infinite Baseball Cards fame) and Ron Hill to produce a special set of Pete Hill cards.  We’ve painstakingly researched Pete’s career to create 15 cards that tell his story from his early days with the semipro Pittsburgh Keystones, through his heyday with the powerhouse Philadelphia Giants, Chicago American Giants, and Havana Reds, to his stints as player-manager with the Detroit Stars and Baltimore Black Sox.  We’ve also put together his playing statistics against Negro league, Cuban, and white major league teams.

If you read this blog you know Gary’s art, and you know the care and attention he puts into getting every detail as accurate as possible.   It’s a beautiful set of cards, and in my opinion one of the best things he’s done.  This set is also in a class by itself—I don’t think there has ever been a project focusing on one Negro league player like this.

They’re available for pre-order here—in fact, they ought to be shipping fairly soon, so you should be able to get your set(s) in plenty of time for the holidays.