{"product_id":"1952-topps-5-larry-jansen-black-back-psa-vg-ex-4","title":"1952 Topps #5 Larry Jansen Black Back PSA VG-EX 4","description":"\u003cp data-section-id=\"i9fwvg\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"44\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"44\"\u003e1952 Topps #5 Larry Jansen Black Back PSA 4 - The Arm Behind the Giants’ Pennant Run\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"525\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"80\"\u003e1952 Topps #5 Larry Jansen\u003c\/strong\u003e features one of the most dependable pitchers on the New York Giants clubs of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Jansen had arrived in the majors with a spectacular 21-win rookie season in 1947, and by the time this card appeared, he had already become a fixture in the Giants rotation. His finest campaign came just one year earlier in \u003cstrong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"422\"\u003e1951\u003c\/strong\u003e, when he went 23-11 and helped New York capture one of the most dramatic pennants in baseball history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"861\"\u003eGraded \u003cstrong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"549\"\u003ePSA VG-EX 4\u003c\/strong\u003e, this example carries the desirable \u003cstrong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"610\"\u003eBlack Back variation\u003c\/strong\u003e and occupies the \u003cstrong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"643\"\u003e#5 position\u003c\/strong\u003e in the landmark 1952 Topps checklist. Jansen’s early placement puts him among the first cards collectors encounter in a set that would ultimately stretch to 407 subjects and become a cornerstone of postwar collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1348\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eJansen won \u003cstrong data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"887\"\u003e122 games\u003c\/strong\u003e during his nine-year Major League career and twice reached the 20-win mark. He also played a memorable role in the Giants’ 1951 pennant victory: when Bobby Thomson hit the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1093\"\u003e“Shot Heard ’Round the World”\u003c\/strong\u003e to defeat Brooklyn, it was Jansen who had pitched the top of the ninth and became the winning pitcher. The \u003cstrong data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1239\"\u003e1952 Topps Larry Jansen Black Back\u003c\/strong\u003e preserves a key member of that legendary Giants team just months after baseball history unfolded around him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67609912410421,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/7827\/6917\/files\/LarryJansen.png?v=1790884597","url":"https:\/\/halloffameexchange.com\/products\/1952-topps-5-larry-jansen-black-back-psa-vg-ex-4","provider":"Hall of Fame Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}