{"product_id":"1952-topps-51-jim-russell-black-back-psa-ex-5","title":"1952 Topps #51 Jim Russell Black Back PSA EX 5","description":"\u003cp data-section-id=\"5l6xr8\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"50\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"50\"\u003e1952 Topps #51 Jim Russell Black Back PSA 5 - A Switch-Hitting Veteran of the Postwar Game\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"398\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"86\"\u003e1952 Topps #51 Jim Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e features a versatile outfielder whose career carried him through both leagues during the 1940s and early ’50s. A \u003cstrong data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eswitch-hitter with power from both sides of the plate\u003c\/strong\u003e, Russell had already spent a decade in professional baseball and enjoyed his most productive Major League years with the Pittsburgh Pirates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"752\"\u003eThis example is graded \u003cstrong data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"435\"\u003ePSA EX 5\u003c\/strong\u003e and features the \u003cstrong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"477\"\u003eBlack Back variation\u003c\/strong\u003e. By the time this card was issued, Russell was with the Brooklyn Dodgers, placing him inside one of baseball’s most talented organizations during its great early-1950s run. The black reverse adds another desirable variation to this early portion of the 1952 Topps checklist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"1305\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eRussell played parts of \u003cstrong data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"805\"\u003e10 Major League seasons\u003c\/strong\u003e, collecting more than 900 hits while appearing for the Pirates, Braves, and Dodgers. One of his most memorable achievements came in \u003cstrong data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"946\"\u003e1948\u003c\/strong\u003e, when he became the first player in Major League history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game on two separate occasions. The \u003cstrong data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003e1952 Topps Jim Russell Black Back PSA 5\u003c\/strong\u003e remembers a versatile veteran with a particularly unusual place in baseball’s record book—\u003cstrong data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1305\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003ea switch-hitter who could supply power from either side of the plate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67625399157045,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/7827\/6917\/files\/JimRussell.png?v=1791090373","url":"https:\/\/halloffameexchange.com\/products\/1952-topps-51-jim-russell-black-back-psa-ex-5","provider":"Hall of Fame Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}