1953 Topps Baseball – Vintage Review & Checklist –

1953 Topps Baseball
-Vintage Review-

1953 Topps Baseball

• Total Cards: 274
• Same ‘Bigger’ Card Size as 1952:  2 5/8″ x 3 3/4″
• Red Front: American League
• Black Front: National League
• Card Backs Feature Trivia Questions & Player Stats

The 1953 Topps Baseball cards are numbered 1-280, but 6 cards were not produced because of Bowman signing the players to exclusive deals. 3 of the players are Baseball Hall of Fame members: Duke Snider, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial. Back in 1953, an exclusive deal from Topps or Bowman got the player about $100-125 per year.

The battle to sign players to an exclusive baseball card contract really heated up between Bowman and Topps a year later in 1954. Topps set designer Sy Berger buddied up with Fred Corcoran,  the agent for Ted Williams. They agreed to sign the Red Sox legend to a 5 year deal at $400.00 per year, the largest contract of it’s time.

A key difference between the 1953 Topps set, and the ’52 set is the number of cards in each set. 1952: 407 vs. 1953: 274.  Topps had left over cards in 1952 and it’s now hobby lore that they had to dump the excess inventory into the ocean.

1953 Topps Baseball was distributed in 4 different series.

• Series 1: #1-85
• Series 2: #86-165
• Series 3: #166-220
• Series 4: #221-280

Looking For Values/Prices? Price Guide App has a large listing of PSA graded cards from this set.

COMPLETE: 1953 Topps Baseball Checklist

1    Jackie Robinson 2    Luke Easter 3    George Crowe 4    Ben Wade 5    Joe Dobson 6    Sam Jones 7    Bob Borkowski 8    Clem Koshorek 9    Joe Collins 10    Smoky Burgess 11    Sal Yvars 12    Howie Judson 13    Connie Marrero 14    Clem Labine 15    Bobo Newsom 16    Peanuts (Harry) Lowrey 17    Billy Hitchcock 18    Ted Lepcio 19    Mel Parnell 20    Hank Thompson 21    Billy Johnson 22    Howie Fox 23    Toby Atwell 24    Ferris Fain 25    Ray Boone 26    Dale Mitchell 27    Roy Campanella 28    Eddie Pellagrini 29    Hal Jeffcoat 30    Willard Nixon 31    Ewell Blackwell 32    Clyde Vollmer 33    Bob Kennedy 34    George Shuba 35    Irv Noren 36    Johnny Groth 37    Eddie (Ed) Mathews 38    Jim Hearn 39    Eddie Miksis 40    Johnny (John) Lipon 41    Enos Slaughter 42    Gus Zernial 43    Gil McDougald

44    Ellis Kinder 45    Grady Hatton 46    Johnny Klippstein 47    Bubba Church 48    Bobby (Bob) Del Greco 49    Faye Throneberry 50    Chuck Dressen 51    Frank Campos 52    Ted Gray 53    Sherm (Sherman) Lollar 54    Bob Feller 55    Mickey (Maurice) McDermott 56    Jerry (Gerald) Staley 57    Carl Scheib 58    Catfish (George) Metkovich 59    Karl Drews 60    Cloyd Boyer 61    Early Wynn 62    Monte Irvin 63    Gus Niarhos 64    Dave Philley 65    Earl Harrist 66    Minnie Minoso 67    Roy Sievers 68    Del Rice 69    Dick Brodowski 70    Eddie (Ed) Yuhas 71    Tony Bartirome 72    Fred Hutchinson 73    Eddie Robinson 74    Joe Rossi 75    Mike Garcia 76    Pee Wee Reese 77    Johnny (John) Mize 78    Red Schoendienst 79    Johnny Wyrostek 80    Jim Hegan 81    Joe Black 82    Mickey Mantle 83    Howie Pollet 84    Bob Hooper 85    Bobby Morgan

86    Billy Martin 87    Ed Lopat 88    Willie Jones 89    Chuck Stobbs 90    Hank Edwards 91    Ebba St. Claire 92    Paul Minner 93    Hal Rice 94    Bill (William) Kennedy 95    Willard Marshall 96    Virgil Trucks 97    Don Kolloway 98    Cal Abrams 99    Dave Madison 100    Bill Miller 101    Ted Wilks 102    Connie Ryan 103    Joe Astroth 104    Yogi Berra 105    Joe Nuxhall 106    Johnny Antonelli 107    Danny O’Connell 108    Bob Porterfield 109    Al Dark 110    Herm (Herman) Wehmeier 111    Hank Sauer 112    Ned Garver 113    Jerry Priddy 114    Phil Rizzuto 115    George Spencer 116    Frank Smith 117    Sid Gordon 118    Gus Bell 119    Johnny (John) Sain 120    Davey Williams 121    Walt Dropo 122    Elmer Valo 123    Tommy Byrne 124    Sibby Sisti 125    Dick Williams

126    Bill Connelly 127    Clint Courtney 128    Vinegar (Wilmer) Bend Mizell 129    Kite (Keith) Thomas 130    Turk Lown 131    Harry Byrd 132    Tom Morgan 133    Gil Coan 134    Rube Walker 135    Al Rosen 136    Ken Heintzelman 137    Johnny (John) Rutherford 138    George Kell 139    Sammy White 140    Tommy Glaviano 141    Allie Reynolds 142    Vic Wertz 143    Billy Pierce 144    Bob Schultz 145    Harry Dorish 146    Granny (Granville) Hamner 147    Warren Spahn 148    Mickey Grasso 149    Dom DiMaggio 150    Harry Simpson 151    Hoyt Wilhelm 152    Bobby (Bob) Adams 153    Andy Seminick 154    Dick Groat 155    Dutch Leonard 156    Jim Rivera 157    Bob Addis 158    Johnny (John) Logan 159    Wayne Terwilliger 160    Bobby (Bob) Young 161    Vern Bickford 162    Ted Kluszewski 163    Fred Hatfield 164    Spec (Frank) Shea 165    Billy Hoeft

166    Billy (Bill) Hunter 167    Art Schult 168    Willard Schmidt 169    Dizzy Trout 170    Bill Werle 171    Bill Glynn 172    Rip Repulski 173    Preston Ward 174    Billy Loes 175    Ron Kline 176    Don Hoak 177    Jim Dyck 178    Jim Waugh 179    Gene Hermanski 180    Virgil Stallcup 181    Al Zarilla 182    Bobby (Bob) Hofman 183    Stu Miller 184    Hal Brown 185    Jim Pendleton 186    Charlie Bishop 187    Jim Fridley 188    Andy Carey 189    Ray Jablonski 190    Dixie Walker 191    Ralph Kiner 192    Wally Westlake 193    Mike Clark

194    Eddie Kazak 195    Ed McGhee 196    Bob Keegan 197    Del Crandall 198    Woody (Forrest) Main 199    Marion Fricano 200    Gordon Goldsberry 201    Paul LaPalme 202    Carl Sawatski 203    Cliff Fannin 204    Dick Bokelmann 205    Vern Benson 206    Ed Bailey 207    Whitey Ford 208    Jim Wilson 209    Jim Greengrass 210    Bob Cerv 211    JW Porter 212    Jack Dittmer 213    Ray Scarborough 214    Bill Bruton 215    Gene Conley 216    Jim Hughes 217    Murray Wall 218    Les Fusselman 219    Pete Runnels 220    Satchel Paige

221    Bob Milliken 222    Vic Janowicz 223    Johnny (John) O’Brien 224    Lou Sleater 225    Bobby Shantz 226    Eddie (Ed) Erautt 227    Morrie (Morris) Martin 228    Hal Newhouser 229    Rocky Krsnich 230    Johnny Lindell 231    Solly Hemus 232    Dick Kokos 233    Al Aber 234    Ray Murray 235    Johnny (John) Hetki 236    Harry Perkowski 237    Bud (Clarence) Podbielan 238    Cal Hogue 239    Jim Delsing 240    Fred (Freddie) Marsh 241    Al Sima 242    Charlie Silvera 243    Carlos Bernier 244    Willie Mays 245    Bill Norman 246    Roy Face 247    Mike Sandlock 248    Gene Stephens 249    Eddie (Ed) O’Brien 250    Bob Wilson 251    Sid Hudson

252    Hank (Henry) Foiles 253    Card Never Issued 254    Preacher Roe 255    Dixie Howell 256    Les Peden 257    Bob Boyd 258    Jim Gilliam 259    Roy McMillan 260    Sam Calderone 261    Card Never Issued 262    Bob Oldis 263    Johnny (John) Podres 264    Gene Woodling 265    Jackie Jensen 266    Bob Cain 267    Card Never Issued 268    Card Never Issued 269    Duane Pillette 270    Vern Stephens 271    Card Never Issued 272    Bill Antonello 273    Harvey Haddix 274    John Riddle 275    Card Never Issued 276    Ken Raffensberger 277    Don Lund 278    Willy (Willie) Miranda 279    Joe Coleman 280    Milt Bolling