This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Red Crystal Collection parallel set. Each card is individually serial numbered to only 399 and were inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball. Each card is a parallel of the regular cards in the set, but with a gold holofoil finish.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Red Crystal Collection 100 Card parallel set
- Individually serial numbered to 399 made
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown
Player Biography
A smooth-fielding first baseman for the Homestead Grays dynasty of the late-1930s and 1940s, Walter “Buck” Leonard teamed with Josh Gibson to form an offensive combination called the “Ruth and Gehrig” of black baseball. Leonard played in a record 11 East-West All-Star games, and his 17-year tenure with the Grays was the longest term of service with one team in Negro leagues history. Eddie Gottlieb, an instrumental figure in founding the National Basketball Association once said: “Buck Leonard was as smooth a first baseman as I ever saw. A great glove, a heck of a hitter, and he drove in runs.”
This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Red Crystal Collection parallel set. Each card is individually serial numbered to only 399 and were inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball. Each card is a parallel of the regular cards in the set, but with a gold holofoil finish.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Red Crystal Collection 100 Card parallel set
- Individually serial numbered to 399 made
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown
Player Biography
A smooth-fielding first baseman for the Homestead Grays dynasty of the late-1930s and 1940s, Walter “Buck” Leonard teamed with Josh Gibson to form an offensive combination called the “Ruth and Gehrig” of black baseball. Leonard played in a record 11 East-West All-Star games, and his 17-year tenure with the Grays was the longest term of service with one team in Negro leagues history. Eddie Gottlieb, an instrumental figure in founding the National Basketball Association once said: “Buck Leonard was as smooth a first baseman as I ever saw. A great glove, a heck of a hitter, and he drove in runs.”
