1952 Baseball Cards
Vintage EraComplete guide to 1952 MLB baseball cards — rookie cards, notable sets, player debuts, and current collectible values.
1952
MLB Season
114
Players Debuted
1
Notable Card Sets
Notable 1952 Card Sets
1952 Topps Baseball (the iconic set — Mickey Mantle #311)
Vintage Era Context
1952 falls in the Vintage Era of baseball cards (pre-1981). Cards from this period were printed in smaller quantities and have survived decades with natural attrition — making high-grade copies genuinely scarce and valuable.
1952 MLB Debuts 114 players
B
Bill Abernathie
Debut 1952-09-27
S
Sandy Amoros
Debut 1952-08-22
T
Toby Atwell
Debut 1952-04-15
L
Loren Babe
Debut 1952-08-19
T
Tony Bartirome
Debut 1952-04-19
B
Bill Bell
Debut 1952-09-05
H
Hal Bevan
Debut 1952-04-24
C
Charlie Bishop
Debut 1952-08-22
B
Bud Black
Debut 1952-09-13
J
Joe Black
Debut 1952-05-01
M
Milt Bolling
Debut 1952-09-10
G
George Bradshaw
Debut 1952-08-10
R
Ralph Brickner
Debut 1952-05-04
L
Leon Brinkopf
Debut 1952-04-18
D
Dick Brodowski
Debut 1952-06-15
A
Andy Carey
Debut 1952-05-02
M
Mike Clark
Debut 1952-07-27
B
Bus Clarkson
Debut 1952-04-30
G
Gene Conley
Debut 1952-04-17
J
Jake Crawford
Debut 1952-09-07
G
George Crowe
Debut 1952-04-16
J
Jack Daniels
Debut 1952-04-18
B
Brandy Davis
Debut 1952-04-15
B
Bobby Del Greco
Debut 1952-04-16
I
Ike Delock
Debut 1952-04-17
J
Jack Dittmer
Debut 1952-06-17
J
Jim Dunn
Debut 1952-08-26
S
Sammy Esposito
Debut 1952-09-28
V
Vern Fear
Debut 1952-08-03
M
Mike Fornieles
Debut 1952-09-02
H
Hersh Freeman
Debut 1952-09-10
M
Marion Fricano
Debut 1952-09-06
J
Jim Fridley
Debut 1952-04-15
L
Les Fusselman
Debut 1952-04-16
A
Alex Garbowski
Debut 1952-04-16
D
Dick Gernert
Debut 1952-04-16
H
Herb Gorman
Debut 1952-04-19
T
Tom Gorman
Debut 1952-07-16
J
Jim Greengrass
Debut 1952-09-09
D
Dick Groat
Debut 1952-06-18
H
Harley Grossman
Debut 1952-04-22
H
Harvey Haddix
Debut 1952-08-20
F
Fred Hahn
Debut 1952-04-19
D
Dick Hall
Debut 1952-04-15
T
Tom Hamilton
Debut 1952-09-04
B
Bud Hardin
Debut 1952-04-15
B
Bill Henry
Debut 1952-04-17
N
Neal Hertweck
Debut 1952-09-27
Showing 48 of 114 players who debuted in 1952.