1932 Doble Aguila Venezuelan Tetelo Vargas Negro League

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If you collect rare cards this is it, a 1932 Doble Aguila #299 Baseball card Tetelo Vargas former Negro Leaguer and he was considered one of the best of his time and is in the Cuban and Puerto Rico Baseball Hall Of Fame. By 1927, when Vargas was 21, scouts from the U.S. and the Dominican Republic had noticed him. Vargas was black however, and he became a member of the Negro Leagues famed New York Cubans. Nicknamed "The Dominican Deer". He established a Negro league record by hitting Homeruns in seven consecutive at bats. In 1932, Vargas went to play inVenzuela where he became a star and remained until 1938, when the New York Cubans re-signed him. In 1940,Vargas went to play at the Puerto Rican winter baseball league. He would eventually become an established resident of Puerto Rico. Vargas was once again signed by the New York Cubans from 1941-44, his last year as an active player in the Negro leagues. He went on to play with the Guayama Witches and the Santurce Crabbers before heading to the Mexican winter baseball league in 1952. Vargas, in the twilight of his career, returned to the Dominican Republic's winter league also in 1952, this time with the Estrellas Orientales team. At the age of 46, he led the Dominican Republic league with a batting average of .350. Vargas retired from baseball in 1953, after having played 27 seasons read more

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