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This day in 1952 Topps baseball card
players history
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In 1952,
Topps came out with the
largest baseball card set of the time. There were a total of 407 cards
to the set.
( The
1951 Bowman Baseball
Card set consisted of 324 cards
and the Bowman 1952 card set numbered 252 ).
The Topps set was issued in two series. The first series were numbered
1-310 and the
second series were numbered 311-407. (Series and
Prints)
Developed by Sy Berger
with design help from Woody Gelman, the Topps 1952 set was made up (Card Proofs)
of the first
"modern baseball card,"
complete with player image,
team logo, vital statistics, and a full playing record.
The cards measured 2 5/8 in. x 3
3/4 in. and featured colorized black and white photos of the players.
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Although Berk Ross came out with a 1952 Joe DiMaggio card,
Joe announced his retirement prior to the
start
of production on the 1952
Topps
cards,
so he is not included in the 1952 set.
Rookies Mickey Mantle ( card #311 )
and Willie Mays ( card #
261 ) made their
Topps debut
in this 1952 set.
A rookie who
almost didn't make it
was Braves slugging third baseman Ed Mathews. He has the
distinction
of being on the last card of the set ( card # 407).
Because kids would rubber band their collection together, thus causing the first and last
cards in the stack
to be more susceptible to damage,
the Mathews card and the #1 card ((Andy Pafko
) are a little more difficult
to find in the better grades. Other rookies making their
first appearance
in this Topps set are,
Pete Runnels ( card # 2 ), Billy Loes( card # 20), Orestes (Minnie) Minoso ( card
# 195 ),
Ralph Houk ( card # 200 ), Bob Friend ( card # 233 ) and Dick Groat ( card # 369 ).
Other stars in the set include Phil
Rizzuto ( card #11 ), Ted
Kluszewsky (card # 29 ), Warren
Spahn ( card # 33 ),
Gil
Hodges ( card # 36 ),
Duke Snider ( card # 37
), Robin Roberts (card
# 59 ), Billy Martin ( card
# 175 ),
Yogi Berra ( card
# 191 ), Richie Ashburn
(card # 216 ),
Jackie Robinson ( card #
312 ), Roy
Campanella ( card # 314 ),
Pee
Wee Reese ( card # 333 ), Hoyt
Wilhelm ( card # 392 ),
Bill Dickey ( card # 400 ).
There have been plenty of gambling scandals in baseball over
the years.
One of the most famous occurred in 1919 during the World Series
when a professional gambler paid 8 members of the White Sox to fix the game.
Some notable players have been banned for gambling including Pete Rose.
Gambling and baseball will always be connected - fans flock to bookies and
sites like this to
place bets on their favorite teams.
But professional players have to abide by "Rule 21" if they want to play an
honest game and
avoid the risk of a permanent ban from the sport they love to
play.
Although appearing in the 1952 Red Man
Tobacco card set, three of the biggest names in baseball were
not included in the 1952 Topps set,
Ted Williams Stan Musial Ralph Kiner.
Satchel Paige Whitey Ford
Carl Furillo Nellie Fox Hal Newhouser Casey Stengel
Marty Marion Sal Maglie Vic Raschi Tom Lasorda
Johnny Logan
Whitey Lockman
Charlie Keller Don Newcombe Bob Nieman
Stan Musial
Bobby
Brown Stan Lopata
Lew Burdette
Bobo Newsom
Jim Dyck
Harvey Haddix
Julio Moreno
Bob Dillinger
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Three things that baseball card collectors tend to be good at
There are a few noticeable traits
pertaining to the Topps 1952
baseball cards. Cards 1-80 can be found to have
either
Red Backs or Black Backs.
The second series ( 311- 407 ) came out very late in the season and
Topps
had a hard time selling them.
1952 second series cards were
even inserted
into packs of 1953 Topps baseball cards sold in Canada.
There were still so many left over and taking up space in the warehouse that Topps
chartered a boat in the
late 50's or early 60's and dumped thousands of cases of these
second series cards into the ocean.
And yes, that did include a heap of Mantle cards.
Because so many cards of the second series was destroyed,
they now carry a premium as they are the scarcer of the two series. Late in the
first series
run,
Topps considered production of a card album to hold up
to 100 cards. The plan made it to the design stage,
but never made it into production.
Proposed 1952 Topps card album
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Manufacturing such a large set of cards
didn't come without its share of mistakes.
Besides the always present possibility of
buying your pack of cards,
opening them up, only to find only one or two out of the pack actually had the ballplayers
picture
reasonably centered on the card (uncut sheets),
you also had the possibility to find a few cards that were
double printed, or had different colored backgrounds. The Joe Page ( card # 48 )
and Johnny
Sain ( card # 49 ) each had the other players
biography on the back of their early released cards.
Is that Ben or Sam Chapman on card #391?
Which Frank Campos #307 card do you have?
Card #146 of Frank House and the different
colored logos.
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All in All, when it's all accounted for,
errors, double prints, even triple prints, late release
dates, etc.,
the 1952 Topps Baseball card set is still the best set of baseball cards that were ever produced.
A true American
Classic. Take a look for yourself.
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