Julian Castillo
Al, what a great card. Julian Castillo was one of the greats of Cuban baseball. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1943, He had a .310 lifetime Cuban league batting average. In 1901 with the San Francisco club (see photo) he batted .454. He led the league in batting, Hits, Doubles and Triples four times. He was born in Havana in 1881 and died in 1948.
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Cuban baseball cards and cards of Cuban born players is my area of expertise and main focus of my collecting. Always open to discussing Cuban baseball and expanding my PC.
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