{"product_id":"1952-topps-64-roy-sievers-black-back-psa-vg-ex-4","title":"1952 Topps #64 Roy Sievers Black Back PSA VG-EX 4","description":"\u003cp data-section-id=\"hrco2e\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"51\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"51\"\u003e1952 Topps #64 Roy Sievers Black Back PSA 4 - The Rookie of the Year Before the Power Years\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"352\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"87\"\u003e1952 Topps #64 Roy Sievers\u003c\/strong\u003e features a young slugger whose Major League career had already opened with considerable promise. Sievers burst onto the scene with the St. Louis Browns in 1949, hitting 16 home runs and earning the \u003cstrong data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"330\"\u003eAmerican League Rookie of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e at just 22 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"772\"\u003eThis example is graded \u003cstrong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"392\"\u003ePSA VG-EX 4\u003c\/strong\u003e and features the \u003cstrong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"434\"\u003eBlack Back variation\u003c\/strong\u003e. Sievers was still with St. Louis when this card was issued, several years before a move to Washington would unlock the biggest offensive seasons of his career. That timing gives #64 an appealing quality—Topps caught Sievers after his first major accolade, but \u003cstrong data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"771\"\u003ebefore he became one of the American League’s most feared power hitters\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"1300\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSievers eventually became a \u003cstrong data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"824\"\u003efive-time All-Star\u003c\/strong\u003e, surpassing 20 home runs in eight different seasons. His masterpiece came in \u003cstrong data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"910\"\u003e1957\u003c\/strong\u003e, when he led the American League with 42 home runs and 114 RBI and finished third in MVP voting. He retired with 318 career homers and more than 1,100 RBI. The \u003cstrong data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1114\"\u003e1952 Topps Roy Sievers Black Back PSA 4\u003c\/strong\u003e shows the former Rookie of the Year with his greatest slugging seasons still ahead—\u003cstrong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1300\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003ean early card of a player who would become a fixture on the American League home run leaderboards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67626959896885,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/7827\/6917\/files\/1952Topps_64RoySieversBlackBackPSA4.png?v=1791162328","url":"https:\/\/halloffameexchange.com\/products\/1952-topps-64-roy-sievers-black-back-psa-vg-ex-4","provider":"Hall of Fame Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}