Yankee fans know Johnny “Big Cat” Mize and Eddie Lopat as valuable members of its five straight World Series winners (1949-53), an unparalleled run of success that no doubt burnished Mize’s own case for Cooperstown induction.
Topps experimented with several baseball card designs prior to their 1952 seminal hit, including an innovative two-player pack known as "Doubles" that folded its pair of stars along a middle seam. They provided a flipping game result on each corner and friends turned over cards off a stack of face-down singles to play out nine innings.
This SGC MINT 9 grade reflects excellent centering and print clarity and their population report lists just four total graded panels of Mize/Lopat, with none higher! The two “Doubles” sets feature blue or red ink backs, with blue proving harder to find today. This is an ideal opportunity to obtain a complete panel without blemishes, marks, or extra creases that ranks among elite 1950s Topps examples