{"product_id":"1948-bowman-4-johnny-mize-rookie-psa-mint-9","title":"1948 Bowman #4 Johnny Mize ROOKIE PSA MINT 9","description":"\u003cp data-section-id=\"fnpaxe\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"32\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"32\"\u003e1948 Bowman #4 Johnny Mize PSA 9 - Big Jawn in Mint Condition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"34\" data-end=\"605\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"38\" data-end=\"68\"\u003e1948 Bowman #4 Johnny Mize\u003c\/strong\u003e comes from the set that helped reintroduce baseball cards to a postwar generation, and it features a slugger who had already established himself as one of the game’s most dangerous hitters. Known as \u003cstrong data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"283\"\u003e“Big Jawn,”\u003c\/strong\u003e Mize entered 1948 in the heart of an extraordinary power surge with the New York Giants. The year before, he had blasted \u003cstrong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"421\"\u003e51 home runs\u003c\/strong\u003e, becoming the first Giant ever to reach the 50-homer mark. Bowman captured him here not as an emerging prospect, but as a fully formed superstar at the height of his offensive powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"1137\"\u003eWhat transforms this particular card is the grade. At \u003cstrong data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"675\"\u003ePSA MINT 9\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is an elite example from Bowman's landmark 1948 baseball issue. The set's compact black-and-white photography gives its cards an unmistakably early-postwar character, and seeing a Hall of Famer like Mize survive at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"915\"\u003eMint level\u003c\/strong\u003e creates an entirely different collecting proposition. This is also Mize's recognized \u003cstrong data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eBowman rookie card\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the card an important place among the earliest mainstream postwar issues of baseball's established stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1880\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eMize's career deserves far more attention than his name sometimes receives. He finished with a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003e.312 lifetime average, 359 home runs, and 1,337 RBI\u003c\/strong\u003e, leading his league in home runs four times and RBI three times. Remarkably, he also became the only player to hit \u003cstrong data-start=\"1405\" data-end=\"1454\"\u003ethree home runs in a game six different times\u003c\/strong\u003e during his career. After starring for the Cardinals and Giants, Mize joined the Yankees and added \u003cstrong data-start=\"1553\" data-end=\"1623\"\u003efive consecutive World Series championships from 1949 through 1953\u003c\/strong\u003e to his résumé before eventually reaching Cooperstown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67597775372597,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/7827\/6917\/files\/1948Bowman_4JohnnyMizeROOKIEPSAMINT9.png?v=1790701955","url":"https:\/\/halloffameexchange.com\/products\/1948-bowman-4-johnny-mize-rookie-psa-mint-9","provider":"Hall of Fame Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}