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1955 Rawlings Stan Musial Specs
Year: 1955
Title: Rawlings Stan Musial
Size: 2-1/2” by 3-3/4” and 2” by 3”
Number in Set: 6
1955 Rawlings Stan Musial Overview
The 1955 Rawlings baseball card set consists of 6 hand-cut cards of Stan Musial from boxes of Rawlings baseball gloves he endorsed. Musial didn’t have any Bowman or Topps cards between 1954 and 1957, so these cards were one of the few ways kids could get a copy.
The cards feature black and white photos against a blue background. Each card has its number on the top left, a facsimile autograph, and the words “A Rawlings Trading Card.” The backs are blank.
Cards 1A and 2A are smaller than cards 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Here’s a complete box that Robert Edward Auctions sold in the fall of 2018 for $1560.
I did spot another at the 2025 National in Chicago amongst a lot of other amazing memorabilia.
The priciest complete set sale of hand cut cards was a $3,200 eBay Best Offer for $3,200 in June 2025.
Heritage sold this slightly lower-graded set in April 2024 for $1,920.
1955 Rawlings Stan Musial Examples
PSA has slabbed 127 of these hand cut cards with most being graded as authentic. SGC has added 130 to the population.
Here are a few significant sales:
- 1955 Rawlings Stan Musial #2 Kneeling PSA 4: $870 in August 2023
- 1955 Rawlings Stan Musial #3 Swinging PSA 4: $726 in May 2025
- 1955 Rawlings Stan Musial #1A Portrait with Bat w/ Tab SGC 2: $462 in July 2024
- 1955 Rawlings Stan Musial #4 Batting Pose PSA 1: $400 in January 2022
Finally, here’s a photo of a graded panel I took at 707SportsCards booth at the 2023 National; it’s the only one they’ve graded.
Here’s a cleaner photo from PSA’s Cert Verification Page.
1955 Rawlings Stan Musial Key Cards
Since the cards came together, card catalogs price them all equally.
1955 Rawlings Stan Musial Checklist
1 Stan Musial (Portrait)
1A Stan Musial (Portrait with bat)
2 Stan Musial (Kneeling)
2A Stan Musial (Portrait)
3 Stan Musial (Swinging, horizontal)
4 Stan Musial (Batting pose)