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Selected Baseball Cards in the VMAD collection

Sam Jethroe

1953 Bowman, #3

 

 

Larry Doby

1951 Bowman, #151

Sam Jethroe

1950 Bowman, #248

Monte Irvin

1952 Topps,#26

 

Minnie Minnoso

1953 Bowman, #36

Satchel Paige

1953 Topps, #220 NM (despite his fame this card adds a second "l" to his first name - he only used one).

Larry Doby

1953 Bowman Color, #40

 

Roy Campanella

1953 Bowman, #46

the year of his first (of three) Most Valuable Player awards.

Luke Easter

1954 Topps, #23

Monte Irvin

1954 Topps, #3

Luke Easter

1954 Bowman, #23

Don Newcomb

1954 Topps, #235

Jackie Robinson

1954 Topps, #30 (NM-MT)

 

Hank Aaron

1957 Topps, #20 - The year he won the Most Valuable Player award

Can you spot the error? Answer at bottom of page.

The 1957 Aaron card is a reverse negative. He batted righthanded (not lefthanded as depicted) and the 44 on his uniform is backwards.

Don Newcomb

1957 Topps, #130 NM-MT

Frank Robinson - Rookie card

1957 Topps, #35 EX-MT

Ernie Banks

1958 Topps, #310

the year of his second (of two) Most Valuable Player awards.
This year he hit 45 Home runs and led the league with 143 RBI

Ernie Banks

1959 Topps, #350

the year of his first (of two) Most Valuable Player awards.

Frank Robinson -

the year of his first (of two) Most Valuable Player awards.

Willie Mays -

This year he led the league with 52 Home runs and won his second MVP award year of his second Most Valuable Player award.

Larry Doby
1959 Topps, #455, NM

Billy Williams
1961 Topps, #141 EX-MT

Frank Robinson
1961 Topps, #360 Gem MT

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1965 Topps #120 EX-MT

Willie Mays
1965 Topps, #250