The big Topps-Bowman fight for baseball card supremacy in the early 50's led to some interesting tactics from Topps.  With virtually then entire pool of established players locked into contracts when they launched the 1952 high number series, it opened the door for a number of players who might never have made a baseball card otherwise.  Jim Fridley was one of them, appearing here, in the 1953 Topps set and the near-impossible 1954 Esskay's.  This specimen is one of just four PSA/DNA examples from the 1952 Topps set.  The card is nice and colorful and Fridley's signature, dark and signed with a thick black felt pen, is a bit cramped inside the text box, yet fully legible.