1957 Topps #271 Danny O'Connell SCARCE MID SERIES (Braves)

Grade	NM/MINT
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1957 Topps #271 Danny O'Connell SCARCE MID SERIES (Braves) cards value

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MLB ALL-TIME CAREER
STRIKEOUTS (pitcher)

*** TOP 20 *** (as of 04/15/2025 )

                     Years  K's    Innings  L/R

1.  Nolan Ryan       (27)  5,714   5,386.0   R 

2.  Randy Johnson    (22)  4,875   4,135.1   L 

3.  Roger Clemens    (24)  4,672   4,916.2   R 
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4.  Steve Carlton    (24)  4,136   5,217.2   L 

5.  Bert Blyleven    (22)  3,701   4,970.0   R 

6.  Tom Seaver       (20)  3,640   4,783.0   R 

7.  Don Sutton       (23)  3,574   5,282.1   R 

8.  Gaylord Perry    (22)  3,534   5,350.0   R 

9.  Walter Johnson   (21)  3,509   5,914.1   R 
10. Justin Verlander (20)  3,432   3,428.2   R       
11. Max Scherzer     (18)  3,408   2,881.0   R

12. Greg Maddux      (23)  3,371   5,008.1   R 

13. Phil Niekro      (24)  3,342   5,404.0   R 

14. Fergie Jenkins   (19)  3,192   4,500.2   R 

15. Pedro Martinez   (18)  3,154   2,827.1   R 

16. Bob Gibson       (17)  3,117   3,884.1   R 

17. Curt Schilling   (20)  3,116   3,261.0   R 
18. CC Sabathia      (19)  3,093   3,577.1   L

19. John Smoltz      (21)  3,084   3,473.0   R 
20. Zack Greinke     (20)  2,979   3,389.1   L

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1952 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values

1952 is often thought of as Topps 1st baseball card set, but it was not.
Topps issued the following baseball card sets prior to their huge 1952 set:
• 1948 Topps Magic Photos
• 1951 Topps Red Backs
• 1951 Topps Blue Backs
• 1951 Topps Connie Mack's All-Stars
• 1951 Topps Major League All-Stars

The 1951 Red & Blue Back issues (52 cards each) were similar to a deck of cards and could be used to play a baseball card game. The sets left out all the game's stars and were not fan favorites keeping Bowman far ahead in the baseball card market.
In response, Topps issued their "BIGGER is BETTER" 1952 Topps set they described as: "GIANT IN BOTH SIZE and NUMBER of CARDS" (407).
Series one cards (#1-80) can be found with black or red backs. The key card in the 1952 Topps set is card #311 MICKEY MANTLE. It is often called Mickey Mantle's Rookie card but it is not. The honor goes to his 1951 Bowman card. The 1952 Topps set also featured my favorite and THE greatest player of all-time, WILLIE MAYS !!! Again, this is sometimes called Willie Mays' Rookie card but it is not. That honor also goes to his 1951 Bowman card.
Another 1952 Topps card of note is card #1 Andy Pafko. Pafko, a fine player, is basically just a "Common card" and should be worth no more than any other "Common" in the 1952 Topps set - But SURPRIZE !!! It's worth TONS more because it's card #1 and absorbed much more damage than most cards from rubber bands and other damage, thus high grade cards are very, very tough to find accounting for the super high values.
BUT --- That should not account for the super high asking prices on lower grade copies. THose prices do not make sense (supply and demand).
The 6th (last) series, starts with #311 Mickey Mantle and ends with #407 Braves Hall-of-Famer Eddie Mathews. These "High Numbers" are significantly scarcer and can almost be called rare. In addition to Mickey Mantle, other star High Numbers included #312 Jackie Robinson and #314 Roy Campanella.
The most common explanation for their scarcity is as follows.
This HUGE set was released in series weeks apart. When it came to the last series the baseball season was winding down and football was starting. Most candy store owners had boxes of baseball cards leftover from earlier in the year so most eliminated their orders for the 6th series of 1952 Topps thus creating the scarcity.
To add interest to the story, it is often said that the unsold 6th series cards (including THOUSANDS of 1952 Topps MICKEY MANTLEs !!!) were disposed of by Topps, dumped offshore into the Atlantic Ocean like most of New York's trash in those days.

How long have sports cards been around ? (part 2)

The first important and mainstream basketball set was issued by Bowman in 1948. Other than a Topps set in 1957-58 and a 1961-62 Fleer set, there were no mainstream basketball sets issued until Topps started producing yearly sets beginning with their 1969-70 set featuring the rookie card of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who then went under the name of Lew Alcindor.

In hockey, there were a few sets issued in the 1910's and while O-Pee-Chee issued some sets in the 1930's, the real modern sets began in 1951 with the itroduction of Parkhurst's first set.

In racing, while cards go back as far as the early Indy car days of 1911, modern racing sets began in 1988 with the issues released by MAXX.

1957 Topps #271 Danny O'Connell SCARCE MID SERIES (Braves)

MLB ALL-TIME CAREER STRIKEOUTS (pitcher)

1952 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values

MLB ALL-TIME CAREER
STRIKEOUTS (pitcher)

1952 Topps Baseball Cards
Checklist & Values