This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2017
Graded EX 5 by PSA. Mathews is the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, burst into stardom in 1953, the team’s first season in Milwaukee, when he belted 47 home runs at the age of 21. He hit 370 homers before his 30th birthday, and many believed that if anyone could top Babe Ruth as baseball’s all-time home-run king, Mathews was the most likely to do it. Injuries slowed his production as he aged, but when Mathews retired as a player after the 1968 season, he stood in sixth place on baseball’s career home-run list with 512. Fairly well centered with above average corners for the opined grade. A card that will fit into any middle grade 1952 Topps set or Hall Of Fame rookie card collection.