Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/18/2019
Willie Mays, the 1951 National League Rookie of the Year, returned to diamond action in 1954 after two years of military service and resumed a career that would see the incredible talent, in the end, be considered by many as baseball's finest five-tool player. The season that kids discovered cards like this in wax packs, Willie batted .345 while hitting 40 home runs (he clouted 41), for the first of six times, driving-in 110 runs and scoring 119. A smiling Mays and a bat-swinging Willie looking boldly into the camera are joined by a bright yellow background on the front here, while the back's cartoon describes one of Willie's famous catches, in 1951, considered one of the greatest plays in Giant history. Recently slabbed and labeled EX+ 5.5 by PSA, card #90 in Topps' 1954 card effort will please its new owner when it arrives.
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