No way to tell but I'm curious if cards of the coaches and managers that started with the semi-highs represent slots where Topps was still waiting for a signed contract?
I have doubts Williams was to have appeared in the set as he went on the NDS list (I think that means either Non-Disabled Suspended or Non-Disabled Service) effective 5/2/52. And with DiMaggio retiring on 12/11/51 and being on the Voluntarily Retired List from that date he doesn't seem to fit the contractual parameters for Topps in 1952. I also doubt Musial was a possibility either.
Kiner, on the other hand, very much seems like a candidate.
It's possible some Berk-Ross contracts were exclusive. All four players above were 1952 B-R subjects.
Last edited by toppcat; 04-05-2024 at 09:44 PM.
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