2-5/8x3.5". This set of slightly oversized cards feature drawings by R.G. Laughlin. The artwork is printed in brown and tan w/back text printed in brown on white stock. The set features many of the greatest players from the Negro Leagues and represents the true Rookie Card for many Hall of Famers and stars of the day. A second Laughlin card set was issued four years later, presenting several of the remaining Negro League Hall of Famers not included within the 1974 issue. Josh Gibson is widely regarded as the greatest Negro League hitter of all-time. With the recent addition of Negro League baseball stats to the MLB record books, Josh is now the all-time leader in career batting average with a .373 mark. Gibson was a catalyst for some of the greatest Negro League teams ever, including the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays. Josh was the second Negro League ballplayer, following Satchel Paige, to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. The key card in this set.