Hiram Bithorn Autographs
Hiram Bithorn was a Puerto Rican baseball player, born on March 18, 1916, in Santurce. He began his baseball career in Puerto Rico, where he played with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League. Bithorn's impressive performance earned him a spot in the Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. He became the first Puerto Rican to play in the MLB, and he had a great debut season, finishing with a 3.15 earned run average (ERA) and a 6-2 record.
Bithorn's baseball career was interrupted by World War II, in which he served in the United States Army. After his return from the war, he resumed his career with the Cubs, but he suffered an arm injury in 1945, ending his time with the Cubs. He was then traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he remained for two seasons. Afterward, he played in the minor leagues and in the Mexican League before retiring from professional baseball in 1952.
Bithorn's contribution to baseball did not end with his playing career. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Caribbean Series, a championship series played between the winning teams of the winter leagues of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Bithorn was also inducted into the Puerto Rico Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966, and his name was placed in the Chicago Cubs' Walk of Fame in 1999. Bithorn died on December 29, 1951, but his legacy as a trailblazing Puerto Rican baseball player lives on.
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Traded items with a signature of Hiram Bithorn
The most expensive item with a signature of Hiram Bithorn (Hiram Bithorn JSA Loa Signed 1943 Puerto Rico Contract Autograph) was sold in April 2025 for $1,303.75 while the cheapest item (Hiram Bithorn #2 Sketch Card Limited 38/50 Edward Vela Signed) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2019 with an average selling price of $2.99 for an autographed item of Hiram Bithorn. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2025 with $1,303.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was July 2022. In average, an autographed item from Hiram Bithorn is worth $2.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Hiram Bithorn were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | #CG170 HIRAM BITHORN 2015 RED Version Gypsy Oak Signed Card FREE SHIPPING | $7.79 |  |
| Hiram Bithorn #2 Sketch Card Limited 38/50 Edward Vela Signed | $0.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #2 Sketch Card Limited 39/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #3 Art Card Limited 35/50 Edward Vela Signed (Pittsburgh Pirates) | $4.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #3 Art Card Limited 36/50 Edward Vela Signed (Pittsburgh Pirates) | $5.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #3 Art Card Limited 38/50 Edward Vela Signed (Pittsburgh Pirates) | $5.50 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #3 Sketch Card Limited 26/50 Edward Vela Signed | $0.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #3 Sketch Card Limited 32/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn #4 Sketch Card Limited 2/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn Art Card Limited 38/50 Edward Vela Signed (Chicago Cubs) | $3.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn JSA Loa Signed 1943 Puerto Rico Contract Autograph | $1,303.75 | |
| Hiram Bithorn Sketch Card Limited 29/50 Edward Vela Signed | $1.25 | |
| Hiram Bithorn Sketch Card Limited 30/50 Edward Vela Signed | $0.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn Sketch Card Limited 31/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
| Hiram Bithorn Sketch Card Limited 32/50 Edward Vela Signed | $2.99 | |
