While virtually every card in the 1952 Topps baseball set carries value, there are several cards which represent Hall of Famers.
The early 50s produced a convergence of stars who had debuted in the 1930s including Bob Feller (whose 1952 Topps card is relatively inexpensive), former Negro Leaguers who had broken the color barrier just a few years earlier like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, etc, veteran players like Spahn, Berra, Wynn and Hodges, plus the new stars such as Mantle, Mays and Jackie Jensen.If budgetary concerns won’t allow you to chase the entire set, working on a run of these Cooperstown-worthy names might be a way to get involved in collecting it.
#11 Phil Rizzuto
#26 Monte Irvin
#33 Warren Spahn
#37 Duke Snider
#59 Robin Roberts
#65 Enos Slaughter
#88 Bob Feller
#91 Red Schoendienst
#129 Johnny Mize
#191 Yogi Berra
#216 Richie Ashburn
#243 Larry Doby
#246 George Kell
#261 Willie Mays
#268 Bob Lemon
#277 Early Wynn
#311 Mickey Mantle
#312 Jackie Robinson
#314 Roy Campanella
#315 Leo Durocher
#333 Pee Wee Reese
#392 Hoyt Wilhelm
#394 Billy Herman
#400 Bill Dickey
#407 Eddie Mathews
See some missing Hall of Famers? It’s true. Topps didn’t have Ted Williams or Stan Musial under contract since they had exclusive deals with Bowman and Whitey Ford was off serving in the Korean War so the Yankee ace isn’t included either.In recent years, Topps printed some “cards that never were” featuring the missing legends.
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