1952 Topps Total Cards: 407 Rating: 8.9 (8 votes) Click here to Rate

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			1		Andy Pafko		Brooklyn Dodgers
			2		Pete Runnels RC		Washington Senators
			3		Hank Thompson		New York Giants
			4		Don Lenhardt		Boston Red Sox
			5		Larry Jansen		New York Giants
			6		Grady Hatton		Cincinnati Reds
			7		Wayne Terwilliger		Brooklyn Dodgers
			8		Fred Marsh RC		St. Louis Browns
			9		Bobby Hogue RC		New York Yankees
			10		Al Rosen		Cleveland Indians
			11		Phil Rizzuto		New York Yankees
			12		Monty Basgall RC		Pittsburgh Pirates
			13		Johnny Wyrostek		Cincinnati Reds
			14		Bob Elliott		Boston Braves
			15		Johnny Pesky		Boston Red Sox

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• At 407 cards, this was the largest set of its day.
• It is rare to find card #1 of Andy Pafko in excellent condition, because being #1 in the set meant that kids put the card on top of their stack before wrapping them with rubber bands or putting them in their pockets or school bags.
• Cards measure 2 5/8" by 3 3/4"
• This set was issued in 6 separate series: Series 1 (1 to 80), Series 2 (81-130), Series 3 (131-190), Series 4 (191-250), Series 5 (251-310), and Series 6 (311-407).
• By the time Topps released the last series (cards 311-407), football season had started and kids were no longer buying baseball cards. In the late '50s, Sy Berger hired a garbage boat to take the surplus 300 to 500 cases stored in the Topps Brooklyn headquarters, to dump off the New Jersey shore into the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Andy Pafko card figures prominently into the plot of the 2010 movie Cop Out.

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External Links

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• PSA Article - 1952 Topps, Much More than Meets the Eye
• PSA Article - 1952 Topps - The Most Popular Sportscard Set Ever Produced
• Cardboard Connection: Analysis of 1952 Topps Baseball

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