The 1952 Topps Baseball release contained 407 cards which made it the largest set to date. It was released over six series which meant that the final series was so late into the year (it was actually football season) that kids weren’t purchasing them and a surplus was destroyed by Topps
Although the Mickey Mantle card included in this set is widely regarded as his rookie card, it isn’t his rookie card at all. That said, it is one of the most iconic and valuable baseball cards of all time and, appearing as #311 in the collection, is among the rarest cards in this set. Andy Pafko cards are also very difficult to find in high-grade quality since his placement at the top of the checklist placed the card on the top of many collector’s stacks, thus, leading to a great deal of damage.
Cards were sold in $0.01 and $0.05 packages and were advertised as “giant” thanks to their 2 5/8″x3 3/4″ dimensions.
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1952 Topps Baseball Checklist
Series 1 – Cards 1-80
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21 Ferris Fain 31 Gus Zernial 34 Elmer Valo 41 Bob Wellman RC 45 Eddie Joost 112 Hank Majeski 116 Carl Scheib 131 Morrie Martin RC 134 Joe Tipton 182 Billy Hitchcock 201 Alex Kellner 210 Dick Fowler 219 Bobby Shantz 226 Dave Philley 231 Sam Zoldak 256 Pete Suder 278 Allie Clark 290 Joe Astroth 299 Ray Murray RC 340 Bob Hooper 358 John Kucab RC 368 Ed Wright RC
14 Bob Elliott 27 Sam Jethroe 33 Warren Spahn 96 Willard Marshall 97 Earl Torgeson 140 John Antonelli 162 Del Crandall 252 Vern Bickford 264 Roy Hartsfield 267 Sid Gordon 276 Jim Wilson RC 288 Chet Nichols RC 289 Tommy Holmes 293 Sibby Sisti 294 Walker Cooper 302 Max Surkont RC 360 George Crowe RC 367 Bob Thorpe RC 388 Bob Chipman 393 Ebba St. Claire RC 407 Eddie Mathews RC
8 Fred Marsh RC 46 Gordon Goldsberry RC 58 Bob Mahoney RC 64 Roy Sievers 82 Duane Pillette 102 Bill Kennedy 143 Les Moss 147 Bobby Young RC 149 Dick Kryhoski 160 Owen Friend 163 Stan Rojek 174 Cuddles Marshall RC 212 Ned Garver 229 Gene Bearden 241 Tommy Byrne 271 Jim Delsing 284 Hank Arft 285 Cliff Fannin 286 Joe DeMaestri RC 349 Bob Cain 366 Dave Madison RC 402 Earl Harrist RC
19 Johnny Bucha RC 38 Wally Westlake 56 Tommy Glaviano 65 Enos Slaughter 68 Cliff Chambers 76 Eddie Stanky 79 Jerry Staley 83 Billy Johnson 91 Red Schoendienst 100 Del Rice 111 Peanuts Lowrey 115 Red Munger 165 Eddie Kazak 196 Solly Hemus RC 220 Joe Presko RC 228 Al Brazle 242 Tom Poholsky RC 263 Harry Brecheen 280 Cloyd Boyer 287 Steve Bilko 334 Wilmer Mizell RC 378 Les Fusselman RC 386 Eddie Yuhas RC 398 Hal Rice
16 Gene Hermanski 35 Hank Sauer 105 John Pramesa 110 Dutch Leonard 114 Willard Ramsdell 127 Paul Minner RC 148 Johnny Klippstein 153 Bob Rush 157 Bob Usher 164 Walt Dubiel 172 Eddie Miksis 173 Roy Smalley 184 Bob Ramazzotti 194 Joe Hatten 204 Ron Northey 224 Bruce Edwards 225 Frank Baumholtz 259 Bob Addis RC 295 Phil Cavarretta 322 Randy Jackson RC 324 Warren Hacker 325 Bill Serena 330 Turk Lown RC 341 Hal Jeffcoat 348 Bob Kelly RC 356 Toby Atwell RC 359 Dee Fondy RC 401 Bob Schultz RC
1 Andy Pafko 7 Wayne Terwilliger 20 Billy Loes RC 36 Gil Hodges 37 Duke Snider 51 Jim Russell 53 Chris Van Cuyk RC 66 Preacher Roe 136 Johnny Schmitz 188 Bud Podbielan RC 198 Phil Haugstad RC 205 Clyde King 232 Billy Cox 239 Rocky Bridges RC 250 Carl Erskine 273 Erv Palica 274 Ralph Branca 312 Jackie Robinson 314 Roy Campanella 319 Rube Walker RC 320 John Rutherford RC 321 Joe Black RC 326 George Shuba RC 333 Pee Wee Reese 342 Clem Labine RC 355 Bobby Morgan 365 Cookie Lavagetto 377 Chuck Dressen 389 Ben Wade RC 390 Rocky Nelson RC 394 Billy Herman 395 Jake Pitler 396 Dick Williams RC
3 Hank Thompson 5 Larry Jansen 26 Monte Irvin 52 Don Mueller 61 Tookie Gilbert 75 Wes Westrum 101 Max Lanier 124 Monte Kennedy 125 Bill Rigney 130 Sheldon Jones 141 Clint Hartung 261 Willie Mays 265 Chuck Diering 313 Bobby Thomson 315 Leo Durocher 316 Davey Williams RC 318 Hal Gregg RC 336 Dave Koslo 337 Jim Hearn 338 Sal Yvars RC 346 George Spencer RC 351 Al Dark 371 Bobby Hofman 385 Herman Franks RC 392 Hoyt Wilhelm RC
10 Al Rosen 17 Jim Hegan 18 Merrill Combs RC 24 Luke Easter 55 Ray Boone 77 Bob Kennedy 88 Bob Feller 92 Dale Mitchell 120 Bob Chakales RC 189 Pete Reiser 193 Harry Simpson RC 199 George Zuverink RC 207 Mickey Harris 217 George Stirnweiss 243 Larry Doby 253 Johnny Berardino 257 Bobby Avila 258 Steve Gromek 268 Bob Lemon 270 Lou Brissie 272 Mike Garcia 277 Early Wynn 282 Birdie Tebbetts 300 Barney McCosky 363 Dick Rozek RC 382 Sam Jones RC 399 Jim Fridley RC
44 Con Dempsey RC 47 Willie Jones 59 Robin Roberts 74 Andy Hansen RC 107 Connie Ryan 108 Jim Konstanty 158 Eddie Waitkus 185 Bill Nicholson 187 Bob Miller 203 Curt Simmons 209 Howie Fox 213 Nippy Jones 216 Richie Ashburn 221 Granny Hamner 223 Del Ennis 281 Tommy Brown 339 Russ Meyer 352 Karl Drews 357 Smoky Burgess 362 Ken Heintzelman
12 Monty Basgall RC 63 Howie Pollet 73 Bill Werle 81 Vern Law 87 Dale Coogan 109 Ted Wilks 138 Bill MacDonald 150 Ted Beard 154 Joe Muir RC 166 Paul LaPalme RC 167 Bill Howerton 170 Gus Bell 183 Erv Dusak 197 George Strickland RC 218 Clyde McCullough 227 Joe Garagiola 233 Bob Friend RC 236 Ed Fitz Gerald 240 Jack Phillips RC 260 Pete Castiglione 266 Murry Dickson 310 George Metkovich 332 Tony Bartirome RC 353 Bobby Del Greco RC 361 Bill Posedel 364 Clyde Sukeforth RC 369 Dick Groat RC 375 Jack Merson RC 380 Clem Koshorek RC 381 Milton Stock RC 387 Billy Meyer 397 Forrest Main RC
4 Don Lenhardt 15 Johnny Pesky 22 Dom DiMaggio 23 Billy Goodman 30 Mel Parnell 43 Ray Scarborough 54 Leo Kiely 72 Karl Olson RC 78 Ellis Kinder 84 Vern Stephens 119 Mickey McDermott 121 Gus Niarhos 139 Ken Wood 152 Al Evans 177 Bill Wight 180 Charlie Maxwell RC 186 Walt Masterson 235 Walt Dropo 247 Randy Gumpert 255 Clyde Vollmer 269 Willard Nixon 327 Archie Wilson RC 329 Ivan Delock RC 335 Ted Lepcio RC 343 Dick Gernert RC 345 Sammy White RC 374 Al Benton RC 376 Faye Throneberry RC 383 Del Wilber RC 404 Dick Brodowski RC
6 Grady Hatton 13 Johnny Wyrostek 29 Ted Kluszewski 69 Virgil Stallcup 80 Herm Wehmeier 113 Dick Sisler 118 Ken Raffensberger 135 Dixie Howell 137 Roy McMillan RC 142 Harry Perkowski RC 144 Ed Blake RC 151 Wally Post RC 156 Frank Hiller RC 161 Bud Byerly RC 171 Ed Erautt RC 176 Hank Edwards 179 Frank Smith RC 249 Bobby Adams 297 Andy Seminick 323 Bubba Church 328 Bob Borkowski RC 344 Ewell Blackwell 347 Joe Adcock 350 Cal Abrams 379 Joe Rossi RC 391 Ben Chapman 405 Eddie Pellagrini 406 Joe Nuxhall RC
2 Pete Runnels RC 40 Irv Noren 60 Sid Hudson 71 Tom Upton RC 90 Mickey Grasso 93 Al Sima RC 94 Sam Mele 106 Mickey Vernon 123 Eddie Yost 132 Clyde Kluttz RC 145 Joe Haynes 178 Cass Michaels 190 Don Johnson RC 245 Sherry Robertson 291 Gil Coan 292 Floyd Baker 298 Bob Ross RC 301 Bob Porterfield 306 Lou Sleater RC 307 Frank Campos RC 309 Jim Busby 317 Connie Marrero
25 Johnny Groth 28 Jerry Priddy 39 Dizzy Trout 86 Ted Gray 89 Johnny Lipon 103 Cliff Mapes 104 Don Kolloway 126 Fred Hutchinson 146 Frank House RC 181 Bob Swift 192 Myron Ginsberg RC 208 Marlin Stuart RC 222 Hoot Evers 230 Matt Batts 234 Steve Souchock RC 238 Art Houtteman 244 Vic Wertz 246 George Kell 262 Virgil Trucks 275 Pat Mullin 296 Red Rolfe 354 Fred Hatfield RC 370 Billy Hoeft RC
32 Eddie Robinson 42 Lou Kretlow RC 50 Marv Rickert RC 62 Chuck Stobbs RC 70 Al Zarilla 95 Ken Holcombe 98 Bill Pierce 117 Sherm Lollar 133 Al Widmar 159 Saul Rogovin RC 169 Howie Judson 195 Minnie Minoso RC 211 Ray Coleman 251 Chico Carrasquel 254 Joe Dobson 279 Bud Stewart 283 Phil Masi 303 Harry Dorish 304 Sam Dente 305 Paul Richards 308 Luis Aloma
9 Bobby Hogue RC 11 Phil Rizzuto 48 Joe Page 57 Ed Lopat 67 Allie Reynolds 85 Bob Kuzava 99 Gene Woodling 122 Jackie Jensen 128 Don Bollweg RC 129 Johnny Mize 155 Frank Overmire 168 Charlie Silvera RC 175 Billy Martin RC 191 Yogi Berra 200 Ralph Houk RC 202 Joe Collins RC 206 Joe Ostrowski RC 214 Johnny Hopp 215 Hank Bauer 237 Jerry Coleman 248 Spec Shea 311 Mickey Mantle 331 Tom Morgan RC 372 Gil McDougald RC 373 Jim Turner RC 384 Frankie Crosetti 400 Bill Dickey 403 Bill Miller RC
