2-1/8x3-1/8". The 1946-47 Propagandas Montiel series consists of 180 cards depicting athletes, including baseball players and boxers. Card fronts feature bw photos while backs have bios along w/advertising for Cuban stores. An album was issued in conjunction w/this card set, thus accounting for many examples found in lesser condition due to paper loss from album removal. Christy Mathewson was the media darling among the earliest baseball stars of the 20th century. The star pitcher for John McGraw’s New York Giants throughout the 1900s, “Matty” would go on to dazzle MLB and finish his career w/373 wins against only 188 losses to go along w/a sparkling career ERA of 2.13 and 2,507 strikeouts, an astonishing total for the era. Christy was one of the five inaugural members inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. The Richard Merkin Collection.